Calibration of a Novel, Laparoscopic, 12-mm, Ultrasound, Image-guided, High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Probe for Ablation of Renal Neoplasms

A novel 12-mm laparoscopic HIFU probe was successfully calibrated for the ablation of porcine renal tissue. The safety profile of the Sonatherm probe was found to be excellent with no complications identified.