Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1437-1444 , September 2010

Pathological Changes on Human Breast Cancer Specimens Ablated in vitro with High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

  • Lingchuan Niu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, China
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  • Zhibiao Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, China
    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Zhibiao Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, 153Box, 1Yixueyuan Road, Chongqing 400016, China.
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  • Wenbing Zou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Lian Zhang

      Affiliations

    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Like Xiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Hui Zhu

      Affiliations

    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Wenzhi Chen

      Affiliations

    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Jin Bai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute of Ultrasound Engineering in Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing, China
    • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing, China
    • ,
  • Junru Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 20 March 2010 ,Accepted 19 May 2010.

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PII: S0301-5629(10)00246-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 9 , Pages 1437-1444 , September 2010

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