OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term efficacy, safety and rate of recurrence for varicose veins associated with great saphenous vein (GSV) reflux treated with ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS). METHODS A five-year prospective study was performed, recording the effect on the GSV and saphenofemoral junction (SFJ) diameters, and reflux in the superficial ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Therapeutic application of diagnostic ultrasound has been shown to improve recanalization rates in patients with acute cerebral vessel occlusion. There is experimental evidence that low-frequency ultrasound may be superior. This study was designed to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy and safety of low-frequency ultrasound in an embolic middle cerebral artery occlusion mod...

OBJECTIVE Beginning in 1987, high-intensity focused ultrasound was investigated in the canine model to determine the feasibility of destroying prostate tissue. After demonstrating the ability to ablate prostate tissue reliably in a canine model, a 15-patient pilot clinical study was undertaken at Indiana University in the fall of 1992. This pilot study was undertaken to assess the safety in the...

ULTRASOUND-GUIDED regional blocks are becoming increasingly popular among anesthesiologists. The ultrasonographic image allows real time visualization of anatomical structures, the progression of the needle, and the spread of the injected local anesthetic (LA). The visualization capabilities of ultrasound guidance (USG) are thought to increase the safety of regional blocks when compared with a ...

In this paper, we consider the Bayesian Cramer-Rao bound (BCRB) for the dynamical estimation of multi-path Rayleigh channel complex gains in data-aided (DA) and non-data-aided (NDA) OFDM systems. This bound is derived in an on-line and off-line scenarios for time-invariant and time-varying complex gains within one OFDM symbol, assuming the availability of prior information. In NDA context, wher...

The simultaneous action of power ultrasound and oxalic acid, as a chelating agent, rapidly converts chrysotile asbestos into water soluble material and a non-asbestos debris, not classifiable as hazardous under worldwide safety regulations.