Beyond Hysterectomy: Uterine Artery Embolization - American ...
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MR Guided Focused<br />
Ultrasound<br />
Non invasive focusing of sound waves<br />
• FDA approved 2004<br />
– Focused sound beam; like magnifying glass burning leaf<br />
– Tissue traversed unaffected<br />
– Thermal Energy tissue coagulates at temp 65-85<br />
degrees C<br />
• Hopkins Phillips MRgFUS 3T Achiva<br />
system<br />
– State of the Art: Volumetric treatment rather than single<br />
point<br />
– Shorter treatment times- 8hrs to 3 hrs
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