ultrasound therapy

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• Ultrasound energy — is a form of therapy being studied as an anticancer treatment. Intensified ultrasound energy can be directed at cancer cells to heat them and kill them. External links * [http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db alpha.aspx?CdrID=44925 Ultrasound… …   Wikipedia

• ultrasound — [ul′trə sound΄] n. 1. ultrasonic waves, used in medical and dental diagnosis and therapy, in cleaning and detecting flaws in metal, etc. 2. the use of ultrasonic waves in ultrasonography to form images of interior body organs, as the uterus or… …   English World dictionary

• Ultrasound — Not to be confused with Supersonic .Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is approximately 20 kilohertz (20,000 hertz) in healthy,… …   Wikipedia

• ultrasound — /ul treuh sownd /, n. 1. Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing. 2. Med. the application of ultrasonic waves to therapy or diagnostics, as in deep heat treatment of a joint or… …   Universalium

• therapy — 01. My sister is undergoing [therapy] to help her overcome her fear of the dark. 02. Shawn has a stutter, but is meeting regularly with a speech [therapist] to work on it. 03. The young woman was in [therapy] for years after being sexually abused …   Grammatical examples in English

• ultrasound energy — A form of therapy being studied as an anticancer treatment. Intensified ultrasound energy can be directed at cancer cells to heat them and kill them …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• ultrasound — ul•tra•sound [[t]ˈʌl trəˌsaʊnd[/t]] n. 1) phs sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing 2) med Med. the application of ultrasonic waves to therapy or diagnostics, as in deep heat treatment of a… …   From formal English to slang

• High-intensity focused ultrasound — Contents 1 Theory 2 Aiming 3 How HIFU works 4 Method of use …   Wikipedia

• High intensity focused ultrasound — HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound) (sometimes FUS or HIFUS) is a highly precise medical procedure using high intensity focused ultrasound to heat and destroy pathogenic tissue rapidly. It is one modality of therapeutic ultrasound, and… …   Wikipedia

• Therapeutic ultrasound — refers generally to any type of procedure that uses ultrasound for therapeutic benefit. This includes HIFU, lithotripsy, targeted ultrasound drug delivery, trans dermal ultrasound drug delivery, ultrasound hemostasis, and ultrasound assisted… …   Wikipedia

• Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation — The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (FUSF) is a medical foundation based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, whose adopted mission is to shorten the time from technology development to patient treatment, develop new applications… …   Wikipedia