High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Current Status for Image-Guided Therapy

Preclinical ultrasound image-guided high intensity focused ultrasound robot system for breast cancer therapy

Background/introduction Ultrasound imaging provides real-time feedback for highly accurate positioning and dosing control. In addition, spatial restriction of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer position in the ultrasound image-guided system is less than that in the case of MRI-guided system. Therefore, wider beam approaching path can be used in the ultrasound image-guided syste...

Optimizing Ultrasonic Intensity for High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy

MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for noninvasive cancer treatment

Magnetic resonance (MR)-high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is an innovative, noninvasive tumour ablation technique. MR imaging and focused ultrasound are combined allowing real-time anatomic guidance and temperature mapping during treatment. Recently, the volumetric ablation approach has been introduced in order to reduce treatment length and provide more homogeneous tumour ablation. Afte...

Adverse Events of Extracorporeal Ultrasound-Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy

BACKGROUND High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is considered to be an alternative to surgery. Extracorporeal ultrasound-guided HIFU (USgFU) has been clinically used to treat solid tumors. Preliminary trials in a small sample of a Western population suggested that this modality was safe. Most trials are performed in China thereby providing comprehensive data for understanding the safety pro...

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