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Descriptor English: Ultrasonic Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia por Ultrasonido
Descriptor tratamiento con ultrasonidos
Entry term(s) terapia con ultrasonidos
ultrasonidos terapéuticos
Scope note: Empleo de ondas sónicas focalizadas de alta frecuencia para producir hipertermia local en ciertas partes enfermas o lesionadas del cuerpo o para destruir el tejido enfermo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia por Ultrassom
Descriptor French: Ultrasonothérapie
Entry term(s): Therapeutic Ultrasound
Therapies, Ultrasonic
Therapy, Ultrasonic
Ultrasonic Therapies
Ultrasound Therapy
Tree number(s): E02.565.280.945
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014464
Scope note: The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue.
Annotation: coordinate with disease /ther, not disease /radiother
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Entry Version: ULTRASONIC THER
Related: Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures MeSH
DeCS ID: 14863
Unique ID: D014464
NLM Classification: WB 515
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/26
Ultrasonic Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0022237
Scope note The use of focused, high-frequency sound waves to produce local hyperthermia in certain diseased or injured parts of the body or to destroy the diseased tissue.
Preferred term Ultrasonic Therapy
Entry term(s) Therapeutic Ultrasound
Therapies, Ultrasonic
Therapy, Ultrasonic
Ultrasonic Therapies
Ultrasound Therapy



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