ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2022
Evaluation of physician experience in achieving non-perfused volume ratio of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids: a multicentre study.
Article in The Journal of international medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Development and validation of a clinical prediction model for the success of focused ultrasound ablation system for the treatment of adenomyosis.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation and analysis of influencing factors of early uterine seromuscular layer injury after high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Value of a combined magnetic resonance-enhanced and diffusion-weighted imaging dual-sequence radiomics model in predicting the efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for uterine fibroids.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Application of combined ablation and immunotherapy in NSCLC and liver cancer: Current status and future prospects.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Development and validation of a radiomics model based on T2-weighted imaging for predicting the efficacy of high intensity focused ultrasound ablation in uterine fibroids.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- A systematic review of the side effects of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of uterine fibroids.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2024Review
- Multimodal MRI radiomics-based stacking ensemble learning model with automatic segmentation for prognostic prediction of HIFU ablation of uterine fibroids: a multicenter study.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Prediction of non-perfusion volume ratio for uterine fibroids treated with ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound based on MRI radiomics combined with clinical parameters.Biomedical engineering online · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of different levels of physician experience on the high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of uterine fibroids and to provide a reference for the use of non-perfused volume ratio (NPVR) standards during training.
methodsThis prospective multicentre study enrolled patients with uterine fibroids. The effect of the physician's level of experience on the outcomes under different NPVR standards and the learning curve of six centres without HIFU experience were analysed. The impact of patient demographic and clinical characteristics were also evaluated.
resultsA total of 1352 patients from 20 centres were included in the study. The median NPVRs were 92.00%, 88.10% and 92.86% in the no experience group, inexperienced group and experienced group, respectively. Posterior wall fibroids, lateral wall fibroids and fundus fibroids were inversely correlated with NPVR, while experienced physicians were positively correlated with NPVR. With NPVR ≥ 70% and NPVR ≥ 80% standards, physicians in the no experience group completed the learning curve on the 11th and 16th procedure, respectively. Physicians under a standard of an NPVR ≥ 90% did not complete the learning curve.
conclusionsNPVR ≥ 80% is a standard that is worth using for HIFU treatment of uterine fibroids.
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