ReviewSeminars in interventional radiology2015
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Current Status for Image-Guided Therapy.
Review in Seminars in interventional radiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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49 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.
- From mechanics to mobilization: a biomechanically-informed rehabilitation framework for cesarean-related scars.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- MRI guided HIFU robotic system application in feasibility study for treating uterine fibroids.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Overview of the Current Status and Advancements in Various Treatment Strategies against Epilepsy.ACS pharmacology & translational science · 2024Review
- Pilot Study on High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Basal Cell Carcinoma: Effectiveness and Safety.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Breast Tomographic Ultrasound: The Spectrum from Current Dense Breast Cancer Screenings to Future Theranostic Treatments.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Review
- Healing Process after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Benign Skin Lesions: Dermoscopic Analysis and Treatment Guidelines.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Occurrence and Risk Factors for Perioperative Treatment Discontinuation during Magnetic Resonance-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) Therapy in Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids-A Retrospective Case-Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Deep-Learning-Based High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Lesion Segmentation in Multi-Wavelength Photoacoustic Imaging.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Immune checkpoint inhibition: a future guided by radiology.The British journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Review of Robot-Assisted HIFU Therapy.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Non-Surgical Definitive Treatment for Operable Breast Cancer: Current Status and Future Prospects.Cancers · 2023Review
- High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Thermotherapy for Scar Treatment.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2023Article
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- The role of anti-tumor immunity of focused ultrasound for the malignancies: depended on the different ablation categories.International journal of clinical oncology · 2022Review
- Evaluation of the treatment of high intensity focused ultrasound combined with suction curettage for exogenous cesarean scar pregnancy.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2022Observational
- Ultrasound-Induced Drug Release from Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Image-Guided Percutaneous Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Tumors.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- High-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for pancreatic cancer.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2022Review
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- Ultrasound and nanomaterial: an efficient pair to fight cancer.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2022Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Image-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an innovative therapeutic technology, permitting extracorporeal or endocavitary delivery of targeted thermal ablation while minimizing injury to the surrounding structures. While ultrasound-guided HIFU was the original image-guided system, MR-guided HIFU has many inherent advantages, including superior depiction of anatomic detail and superb real-time thermometry during thermoablation sessions, and it has recently demonstrated promising results in the treatment of both benign and malignant tumors. HIFU has been employed in the management of prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, uterine leiomyomas, and breast tumors, and has been associated with success in limited studies for palliative pain management in pancreatic cancer and bone tumors. Nonthermal HIFU bioeffects, including immune system modulation and targeted drug/gene therapy, are currently being explored in the preclinical realm, with an emphasis on leveraging these therapeutic effects in the care of the oncology patient. Although still in its early stages, the wide spectrum of therapeutic capabilities of HIFU offers great potential in the field of image-guided oncologic therapy.
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