A technology called high-intensity focused ultrasound is also being explored for therapeutic uses including the removal of uterine fibroids and ... until thermal necrosis is obtained -- typically ...

Doctors are using ultrasound instead of surgery to treat uterine fibroids, non-cancerous tumors that can develop in a woman's uterus and cause pain, discomfort and bleeding if they grow too large.

under ultrasound guidance, to reach the uterine fibroid. The fibroid is then heated to a particular temperature to cause cell death and necrosis. HIFU is a non-invasive treatment for uterine ...

The necrotic tissue can be absorbed ... Before the invention of this ultrasound technology, doctors usually treated uterine fibroid by removing the entire uterus to prevent tumor recurrence.

Arrayus Technologies has announced the Health Canada approval for its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided focused ultrasound therapy system for uterine fibroid tissue ablation. The approval ...