Preface


High intensity focused ultrasounds

Giusi Irma Forte, Giorgio Russo

Abstract

The use of focused ultrasound for therapeutic purposes has been known since the beginning of this century, but only in the last two decades it has been observed a concrete development of advanced imaging techniques that made their clinical utilize possible, such as the high intensity focused ultrasounds (HIFU) systems in combination with diagnostic ultrasounds (USgFUS) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRgFUS).

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