High-intensity focused ultrasound

A noninvasive treatment in which ultrasonic energy is used to generate heat for therapeutic purposes within the body. HIFU has been used, for example, to cauterize internal blood vessels that are bleeding or to cavitate or coagulate growths or solid malignancies (such as breast, liver, pancreatic, or prostate cancers). The ultrasound transducer is placed on the skin and the energy from the transducer is directed at radiographically localized tissue depths and volumes. HIFU is an example of thermotherapy.


 


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