High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) applied to hepato-bilio-pancreatic and the digestive system-current state of the art and future perspectives.

Date publication

août 2016

Journal

Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARESCAUX Jacques , Pr PESSAUX Patrick , Pr MUTTER Didier

Tous les auteurs :
Diana M, Schiraldi L, Liu YY, Memeo R, Mutter D, Pessaux P, Marescaux J

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27500145

Résumé

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is emerging as a valid minimally-invasive image-guided treatment of malignancies. We aimed to review to current state of the art of HIFU therapy applied to the digestive system and discuss some promising avenues of the technology.

Référence

Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2016 Aug;5(4):329-44