TY - GEN
T1 - Notice of Removal
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
AU - Choi, Euna
AU - Lee, Wonseok
AU - Woo, Jeongdong
AU - Roh, Yongrae
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/10/31
Y1 - 2017/10/31
N2 - Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop in or just outside a woman's uterus. For treatment of these, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery is gaining more and more popularity. Presently, two representative types of HIFU treatment are used: magnetic resonance guided and ultrasound (US) guided HIFU treatment depending on the method to monitor the treatment. This work is about the development of a new transducer for a more versatile US guided HIFU system to treat uterine fibroids. Normally, HIFU treatment of the uterine fibroids has been carried out with an extracorporeal transducer mounted on abdomen. Use of the extracorporeal transducer requires the US to be delivered through an external surface of a human body, which causes unnecessary exposure of interstitial cells to the high intensity US. In order to resolve the problem, the HIFU needs to be insonated into only the tumors. For that purpose, the HIFU transducer incorporating both a treatment module and a US imaging module should be small enough to be inserted into vagina while providing enough acoustic power to heat the uterine fibroid tumors.
AB - Uterine fibroids are noncancerous growths that develop in or just outside a woman's uterus. For treatment of these, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) surgery is gaining more and more popularity. Presently, two representative types of HIFU treatment are used: magnetic resonance guided and ultrasound (US) guided HIFU treatment depending on the method to monitor the treatment. This work is about the development of a new transducer for a more versatile US guided HIFU system to treat uterine fibroids. Normally, HIFU treatment of the uterine fibroids has been carried out with an extracorporeal transducer mounted on abdomen. Use of the extracorporeal transducer requires the US to be delivered through an external surface of a human body, which causes unnecessary exposure of interstitial cells to the high intensity US. In order to resolve the problem, the HIFU needs to be insonated into only the tumors. For that purpose, the HIFU transducer incorporating both a treatment module and a US imaging module should be small enough to be inserted into vagina while providing enough acoustic power to heat the uterine fibroid tumors.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039446467&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092506
DO - 10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092506
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85039446467
T3 - IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
BT - 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 6 September 2017 through 9 September 2017
ER -