Research Article

Enhancement Effect of Microbubble-Enhanced Ultrasound in Microwave Ablation in Rabbit VX2 Liver Tumors

Table 2

Temperature changes during treatments.

GroupTP (s)PT (°C)

Control34.5 ± 2.0
MEUS34.7 ± 2.0
MWA21.7 ± 5.0100.9 ± 5.0
MEUS + MWA10.3 ± 2.6134.1 ± 6.0

Control = blank control; MEUS = microbubble-enhanced ultrasound; MWA = microwave ablation; T = time to the peak; PT = peak temperature. Significantly different from the other groups.