Clinical and future applications of high intensity focused ultrasound in cancer

O Al-Bataineh, J Jenne, P Huber - Cancer treatment reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) or focused ultrasound (FUS) is a promising
modality to treat tumors in a complete, non invasive fashion where online image guidance …

Ultrasound-guided therapeutic focused ultrasound: current status and future directions

ES Ebbini, G Ter Haar - International journal of hyperthermia, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews ultrasound imaging methods for the guidance of therapeutic focused
ultrasound (USgFUS), with emphasis on real-time preclinical methods. Guidance is …

Image-guided non-invasive ultrasound liver ablation using histotripsy: feasibility study in an in vivo porcine model

E Vlaisavljevich, Y Kim, S Allen, G Owens… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is one of the fastest growing cancers in the
United States. Current liver ablation methods are thermal based and share limitations …

MR‐guided focused ultrasound surgery, present and future

D Schlesinger, S Benedict, C Diederich… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
MR‐guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is a quickly develo** technology with
potential applications across a spectrum of indications traditionally within the domain of …

High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation for unresectable primary and metastatic liver cancer: real-world research in a Chinese tertiary center with 275 cases

Y Ji, J Zhu, L Zhu, Y Zhu, H Zhao - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This retrospective analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and safety of high-
intensity focused ultrasound ablation for primary liver cancer and metastatic liver cancer …

High-intensity focused ultrasound for hepatocellular carcinoma: a single-center experience

KKC Ng, RTP Poon, SC Chan, KSH Chok… - Annals of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) treated by high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in a single tertiary referral center …

Noninvasive treatment of malignant bone tumors using high‐intensity focused ultrasound

C Li, W Zhang, W Fan, J Huang, F Zhang, P Wu - Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: High‐intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a new, noninvasive technique
with potential to ablate and inactivate tumors. Treatment of solid tumors with HIFU has been …

High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with immunotherapy for treating liver metastases: A prospective non-randomized trial

X Yang, Y Liao, L Fan, B Lin, J Li, D Wu, D Liao… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Purpose Given the unique features of the liver, it is necessary to combine immunotherapy
with other therapies to improve its efficacy in patients of advanced cancer with liver …

High-intensity focused ultrasound treatment of liver tumours: post-treatment MRI correlates well with intra-operative estimates of treatment volume

T Leslie, R Ritchie, R Illing, G Ter Haar… - The British journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To assess the safety and feasibility of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)
ablation of liver tumours and to determine whether post-operative MRI correlates with intra …

Real‐time volumetric MRI thermometry of focused ultrasound ablation in vivo: a feasibility study in pig liver and kidney

B Quesson, C Laurent, G Maclair… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
MR thermometry offers the possibility to precisely guide high‐intensity focused ultrasound
(HIFU) for the noninvasive treatment of kidney and liver tumours. The objectives of this study …