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Focused Ultrasound Therapy
Focused Ultrasound therapy is a type of radiation therapy that focuses multiple sources of ultrasound energy to target a specific area.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first focused ultrasound device to treat essential tremor in patients who have not responded to medication.
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For the first time, researchers have reversed some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice using magnetic resonance (MR) imaging-guided focused ultrasound.
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News | RSNA | July 21, 2021
July 21, 2021 — Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 107th Scientific Assembly...
In a mouse model study of MRI-guided focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening at MRI field strengths ranging from approximately 0 T (outside the magnetic field) to 4.7 T, the static magnetic field dampened the detected microbubble cavitation signal and decreased the BBB opening volume. Image courtesy of Washington University in St. Louis
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | July 13, 2021
July 13, 2021 — MRI-guided focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles can open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and...
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News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | July 01, 2021
July 1, 2021 — The University of Oxford announced commencement of enrollment for the Phase I PanDox study of...
WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute staff prepare a patient for a first-in-the-world clinical trial to investigate the use of focused ultrasound technology to treat opioid use disorder. (WVU Photo/Brian Persinger)
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021 — On the heels of the country’s deadliest year for drug overdoses, the West Virginia University...
A new study by Rashi Mehta--a researcher with the WVU School of Medicine and Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute--finds that focused ultrasound may induce an immunological healing effect in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Image courtesy of Caylie Silveria/West Virginia University
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | March 02, 2021
March 2, 2021 — West Virginia University scientists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to show what happens...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | February 16, 2021
February 16, 2021 — Insightec, a global healthcare company focused on creating the next generation of patient care,...
Jeff Elias, MD, is a neurosurgeon at UVA Health and a pioneer in the field of focused ultrasound. Image courtesy of UVA Health
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | January 08, 2021
January 8, 2021 — A scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson’s...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | December 18, 2020
December 18, 2020 — Philips and InSightec, a global healthcare company focused on the therapeutic power of acoustic...
José Obeso, MD, PhD, (left) of of the Centro Integral de Neurociencias (HM CINAC) in Madrid and Nir Lipsman, MD, PhD, (right) of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. Each doctor is leading a clinical trial using focused ultrasound to target the striatum in patients with Parkinson's disease.
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | October 30, 2020
October 30, 2020 — A team of researchers in Madrid, Spain, and another team in Toronto, Canada, are the first in the...
Neurosurgeon Jason Sheehan, M.D., Ph.D., of UVA Health, is pioneering the use of focused ultrasound to treat glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. Image courtesy of UVA Health
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020 — An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of...
Richard J. Price, Ph.D., of the University of Virginia's School of Medicine and School of Engineering, is using focused soundwaves to overcome the natural 'blood-brain barrier,' which protects the brain from harmful pathogens. Photo courtesy of Dan Addison | UVA Communications
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | May 07, 2020
May 7, 2020 — University of Virginia researchers are pioneering the use of focused ultrasound to defy the brain's...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | July 10, 2019
July 10, 2019 — GE Healthcare and Insightec announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and CE mark for...
Vibhor Krishna, M.D., (right) fits David Shorr with a helmet-like device used in a new clinical trial for Alzheimer’s disease at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The device uses MRI-guided imaging to deliver focused ultrasound to specific areas of the brain to open the blood-brain barrier. Image courtesy of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | May 09, 2019
May 9, 2019 — A new clinical trial at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and two other sites is testing an...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | March 19, 2019
March 19, 2019 — EDAP TMS SA announced that Houston Methodist Hospital, one of the first hospitals in the U.S. to offer...
Technology | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | December 21, 2018
December 21, 2018 — Insightec announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an expansion of...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | October 01, 2018
October 1, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the compatibility of Insightec’s Exablate Neuro...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | August 21, 2018
August 21, 2018 — In the first such clinical trial in the United States, physician-scientists with the University of...
Technology | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | June 19, 2018
June 19, 2018 — EDAP TMS SA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | September 18, 2017
September 18, 2017 — Theraclion and co-lead investigator David Brenin, M.D., from the University of Virginia School of...
News | Focused Ultrasound Therapy | August 22, 2017
August 22, 2017 — Insightec announced recently that worldwide adoption of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused...
