Focused Ultrasound Therapy

Focused Ultrasound therapy is a type of radiation therapy that focuses multiple sources of ultrasound energy to target a specific area.

EDAP Secures FDA Clearance for HIFU System's Latest Enhancements
Nov 20, 2025 - EDAP TMS SA has announced that the U.S.
Focused Ultrasound Foundation Names 15th Center of Excellence
Sept. 22, 2025 — The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark as a Focused Ultrasound Center of Excellence.
Registration Now Open for RSNA21
July 21, 2021 — Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) …
FDA Approves First MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Device to Treat Essential Tremor
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.
MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms in Mice
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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EDAP Secures FDA Clearance for HIFU System's Latest Enhancements

Nov 20, 2025 - EDAP TMS SA has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance ...

November 21, 2025

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FAU Debuts 'Bench-to-Bedside' MRI, Focused Ultrasound Platform to Accelerate Research, Treatment of Neurological Disorders

Oct. 14, 2025 — Florida Atlantic University has expanded its NeuroInnovate Center, becoming the first institution ...

October 14, 2025

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Focused Ultrasound Foundation Names 15th Center of Excellence

Sept. 22, 2025 — The Focused Ultrasound Foundation has designated Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark as a Focused ...

September 25, 2025

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Researchers Develop New Technique that Uses Ultrasound to Activate Drugs Targeting Pancreatic Cancer

Aug. 26, 2025 — In a quest for ever-more-effective treatments for pancreatic cancer, HonorHealth Research Institute is ...

August 29, 2025

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UK Organizations Work Together on Pancreatic Cancer Research

July 15, 2025 — Newswise —The UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation and Pancreatic Cancer UK have announced a new partnership ...

July 16, 2025

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Non-Invasive Ultrasound Treatment Shows Promise for Neuropathic Pain Relief: Researchers

March 31, 2025 — Neuropathic pain affects up to 10 percent of the global population and can be challenging to manage ...

April 02, 2025

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EDAP Announces First Pancreatic Cancer Patient Treated with Proprietary HIFU Technology

Jan. 8, 2025 - EDAP TMS SA, a supplier of robotic energy-based therapies, has announced that the first patient has been ...

January 08, 2025

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New Non-Invasive Robotic Technology Now Available for Treating Liver Cancer

Oct. 14, 2024 — Hoag, a nonprofit, regional health care delivery system in Orange County, Calif., is now offering a new ...

October 15, 2024

Contrast media is used to improve diagnostic imaging, and the shortage has affected millions of examinations.

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Tampa General Hospital and USF Health First in Tampa Bay with New Innovative Ultrasound

July 5, 2022 — Focused Ultrasound, an innovative, new procedure being used by USF Health Morsani College of Medicine ...

July 05, 2022

Craig Rogers, M.D., performed a robotic high intensity ultrasound case for Charles Rashid, 64, on April 8, 2022. Image courtesy of Henry Ford Health

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Henry Ford Health First in Michigan to Offer Robotic High-intensity Focused Ultrasound for Prostate Cancer

May 12, 2022 — Henry Ford Health is the first in Michigan to offer Robotic High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for ...

May 12, 2022

Richard Price, PhD, is a co-director of the new center. He is part of UVA's Department of Biomedical Engineering, a collaboration of the School of Medicine and the School of Engineering. Image courtesy of Tom Cogill for UVA Engineering

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UVA Health, Focused Ultrasound Foundation partner to Launch Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center

May 12, 2022 — UVA Health and the Charlottesville-based Focused Ultrasound Foundation today announced the launch of the ...

May 12, 2022

While doctors have used low-intensity ultrasound as a medical imaging tool since the 1950s, experts at the University of Waterloo are using and extending models that help capture how high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can work on a cellular level.

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Researchers Developing New Cancer Treatments with High-intensity Focused Ultrasound

August 24, 2021 — Researchers are bringing the use of acoustic waves to target and destroy cancerous tumors closer to ...

August 24, 2021

Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 107th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, the world’s largest annual radiology forum, to be held at McCormick Place Chicago, Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2021

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Registration Now Open for RSNA21

July 21, 2021 — Registration is now open for the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 107th Scientific Assembly ...

July 21, 2021

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 volum

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Magnetic Field from MRI Affects Focused-ultrasound-mediated Blood-brain Barrier

July 13, 2021 — MRI-guided focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles can open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and ...

July 13, 2021

The study investigates targeted drug delivery by focused ultrasound for pancreatic cancer

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University of Oxford Announces Opening of PanDox Phase 1 Study

July 1, 2021 — The University of Oxford announced commencement of enrollment for the Phase I PanDox study of ...

July 01, 2021

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)

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West Virginia University Addresses Addiction Crisis with Novel Ultrasound Treatment

March 17, 2021 — On the heels of the country’s deadliest year for drug overdoses, the West Virginia University ...

March 17, 2021

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.

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New Radiology Research Shows Promising Results for Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Alzheimer's

March 2, 2021 — West Virginia University scientists used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to show what happens ...

March 02, 2021

Insightec plans to expand in Latin America through a partnership with Strattner

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MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound To Treat Essential Tremor And Tremor-Dominant Parkinson's Disease

February 16, 2021 — Insightec, a global healthcare company focused on creating the next generation of patient care ...

February 16, 2021

Jeff Elias, MD, is a neurosurgeon at UVA Health and a pioneer in the field of focused ultrasound.

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Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise for Parkinson's Disease

January 8, 2021 — A scalpel-free alternative to brain surgery has the potential to benefit people with Parkinson’s ...

January 08, 2021

Companies to develop compatibility of Philips’ MR Ingenia 3.0T and 1.5T systems with the InSightec Exablate Neuro platform

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Philips and InSightec Partner to Expand Access to MR-guided Focused Ultrasound for Incisionless Neurosurgery

December 18, 2020 — Philips and InSightec, a global healthcare company focused on the therapeutic power of acoustic ...

December 18, 2020