High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation assisted using color Doppler imaging for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas

Hiroyuki Fukuda,Kazushi Numata,Akito Nozaki,Masaaki Kondo,Manabu Morimoto,Shin Maeda,Katsuaki Tanaka,Masao Ohto,Ryu Ito,Yoshiharu Ishibashi,Noriyoshi Oshima,Ayao Ito,Hui Zhu,Zhi Biao Wang

High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation assisted using color Doppler imaging for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas

2013

Hiroyuki Fukuda
Kazushi Numata
Akito Nozaki
Masaaki Kondo
Manabu Morimoto
Shin Maeda
Katsuaki Tanaka
Masao Ohto
Ryu Ito
Yoshiharu Ishibashi
Noriyoshi Oshima
Ayao Ito
Hui Zhu
Zhi Biao Wang

Purpose We evaluated the usefulness of color Doppler flow imaging to compensate for the inadequate resolution of the ultrasound (US) monitoring during high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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Doppler imaging
Medicine
High-intensity focused ultrasound
Radiology
Medical physics
Doppler effect
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Ultrasound
Hepatic veins
Ablation
Portal vein
flow imaging
color doppler
focused ultrasound

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