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HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND [1 record]

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Record 1 2018-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Cancers and Oncology
CONT

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique that uses heat to destroy the area ... affected with cancer by means of a probe that gives out a beam of high-intensity focused ultrasound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Cancers et oncologie
CONT

Les ultrasons focalisés de haute intensité [...] constituent une technique médicale qui utilise la chaleur pour détruire la zone [...] qui est atteinte du cancer au moyen d'une sonde qui émet un rayon ultrasonore focalisé de haute intensité.

Spanish

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