An executive details the applications of MR-guided focused ultrasound, a developing technology for noninvasive surgery. Maurice R. Ferré, MD Insightec's Exablate Neuro is used for focused ultrasound ...

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive technique for neuroregulation. It offers several advantages, including being non-invasive, eliminating the need for general ...

Franziska A. Schmidt; Rafael E. Buongermini; Jürgen Germann; Mohammad Mehdi Hajiabadi; Oliver Bichsel; Can Sarica; Ghazaleh Darmani; Alfonso Fasano; Alexandre Boutet; Andres M. Lozano Newswise — ...

Background: Severe knee pain associated with osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common and troublesome symptoms in the elderly. Recently, local bone denervation by MR-guided focused ultrasound ...

Treatment with MRI-guided focused ultrasound significantly improves tremors and quality of life in patients with essential tremor (ET), the most common movement disorder, according to a new study.

Clinicians and researchers are looking to emerging noninvasive ways to interact with living brain tissue that can be precisely targeted to specific areas. Focused ultrasound, when guided by integrated ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound with chemotherapy survived nearly 40% longer than those who ...

Dr. Rachelle Bitton's article "Improving Thermal Dose Accuracy in MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS): A Prior Baseline Method of Long Term Thermometry" is featured on the cover of the ...

Data from Radiology found early positive results regarding the treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer with MRI-guided focused ultrasound ablation. Targeted focal therapy using MRI-guided ...

The first patient to participate in a trial investigating the safety of focused ultrasound for patients with treatment-resistant major depression. (Courtesy: Kevin Van Paassen, Sunnybrook Health ...

In a first-in-world clinical trial, researchers at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, have demonstrated that magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound can be used to safely ...