High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation around the tubing

• Main Authors: Siu, Jun Yang, Liu, Chenhui, Zhou, Yufeng
• Other Authors: Tu, Juan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87251; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44334
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been emerging as an effective and noninvasive modality in cancer treatment with very promising clinical results. However, a small vessel in the focal region could be ruptured, which is an important concern for the safety of HIFU ablation. In this study, l...