The main method of treatment of breast fibroadenomas, until recently, was considered a surgical. However, there is research the authors of a new non-invasive method of treatment HIFU. The paper describes the mechanism of action and clinical features of the effect of treatment of fibroadenomas of the mammary glands by HIFU. Morрhocytology effects confirmation of the method HIFU ablation breast f...

Application of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) in therapeutic medicine has started in the 1950s for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. With the development of medical diagnosis, such as ultrasound imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), automatic control, imaging processing and electrical technology, extracorporeal and intrarectal HIFU systems have been developed for clinical ...

For site-specific diseases such as atherosclerosis, it is desirable to noninvasively and locally deliver therapeutics for extended periods of time. High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) provides targeted drug delivery, yet remains unable sustain delivery beyond the HIFU treatment Furthermore, methods validate HIFU-enhanced remain limited. In this study, we report on HIFU-targeted implantatio...

Several ultrasound-based imaging modalities have been proposed for image guidance and monitoring of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment. However, accurate localization and characterization of the effective region of treatment (focal spot) remain important obstacles in the clinical implementation of HIFU ablation. Harmonic motion imaging for focused ultrasound (HMIFU) is a HIFU mo...

OBJECTIVE High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) permits targeted homogeneous ablation of tissue. The objective of this phase 1 study was to evaluate the feasibility of HIFU ablation of small renal tumours under laparoscopic control. PATIENTS AND METHODS Ten kidneys with solitary renal tumours were treated with a newly developed 4.0 MHz laparoscopic HIFU probe. In the first two patients wit...

Background: In recent years, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has gained increasing clinical interest as a non-invasive method for local therapy of liver malignancies. HIFU treatment of tumours and metastases in the liver dome is limited due to the adjacent ultrasound blocking lung. One-lung flooding (OLF) enables complete sonography of lung and adjoining organs including liver. HIFU li...

Purpose. To evaluate high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) as an innovation and noninvasive technique to correct presbyopia by altering corneal curvature in the rabbit eye. Methods. Eighteen enucleated rabbit eyes were treated with a prototype HIFU keratoplasty. According to the therapy power, these eyes were divided three groups: group 1 (1 W), group 2 (2 W), and group 3 (3 W). The change i...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, safety and therapeutic effects of ultrasound (US)-guided high intensity focused US (HIFU) ablation in the treatment of extra-abdominal desmoid tumours. MATERIALS AND METHODS From May 2006 to May 2010, ten consecutive patients with pathologically proven extra-abdominal desmoid tumours were treated by US-guided HIFU ablation. Eight ...

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive technology, which can be used occlude blood vessels in the body. Both the theory underlying and practical process of blood vessel occlusion are still under development and relatively sparse in vivo experimental and therapeutic data exist. HIFU would however provide an alternative to surgery, particularly in circumstances where serious c...

Overtreatment of prostate cancer (PC) remains one of the main burdens in uro-oncology. Focal therapy may be a reasonable alternative with less side effects and morbidity. Application of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) induces immediate and irreversible coagulation. The treatment leads to consecutive necrosis with sharply delineated margins, making HIFU a promising tool for the focal th...