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SUBMITTER: Torkzaban M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7703678 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Torkzaban Mehnoosh M Machado Priscilla P Gupta Ipshita I Hai Yang Y Forsberg Flemming F
Ultrasound in medicine & biology 20201022 1
Non-surgical treatment options for uterine fibroids are uterine artery embolization (UAE), high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation (HIFUA), and percutaneous microwave ablation (PMWA). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the reference standard imaging method before and after these procedures. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been studied as an alternative to MRI for evaluating the fibroids' characteristics and responses to non-surgical treatments. PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE and Scopus databas ...[more]