Endoscopic high-intensity focused US: technical aspects and studies in an in vivo porcine model (with video)

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 1243 - 1250
• Main Authors: Li, Tong, Khokhlova, Tatiana, Maloney, Ezekiel, Wang, Yak-Nam, D'Andrea, Samantha, Starr, Frank, Farr, Navid, Morrison, Kyle, Keilman, George, Hwang, Joo Ha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Animals; Cattle; Endosonography; Feasibility Studies; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation - methods; Liver - diagnostic imaging; Pancreas - diagnostic imaging; Phantoms, Imaging; Pilot Projects; Swine; Transducers; HIFU; H&E; NADH-d; hematoxylin and eosin; high-intensity focused US; nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide diaphorase

High-intensity focused US (HIFU) is becoming more widely used for noninvasive and minimally invasive ablation of benign and malignant tumors. Recent studies suggest that HIFU can also enhance targeted drug delivery and stimulate an antitumor immune response in many tumors. However, targeting pancrea...