journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28717511/thalamotomy-for-essential-tremor-fda-approval-brings-brain-treatment-with-fus-to-the-clinic
#21
EDITORIAL
Paul S Fishman
No abstract text is available yet for this article.
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28680636/ablative-techniques-for-the-treatment-of-benign-and-malignant-breast-tumours
#22
REVIEW
Mirjam C L Peek, Michael Douek
Minimally invasive techniques like high intensity focused ultrasound, radiofrequency ablation, cryo-ablation, laser ablation and microwave ablation have been used to treat both breast fibroadenomata and breast cancer as an alternative to surgical excision, potentially reducing the complications, improving cosmesis and reducing hospital stay. This review describes the most common minimally invasive techniques available, their history and some of the studies performed with these techniques in both benign and malignant lesions...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28652915/ablation-of-the-sacroiliac-joint-using-mr-guided-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-a-preliminary-experiment-in-a-swine-model
#23
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Elena A Kaye, Majid Maybody, Sebastien Monette, Stephen B Solomon, Amitabh Gulati
BACKGROUND: Dysfunction of the Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) is one of the key sources of low back pain. For prolonged pain relief, some patients undergo fluoroscopic guided radio-frequency (RF) ablation of SIJ, during which a number of RF probes are inserted to create thermal lesions that disrupt the posterior sacral nerve supply. This procedure is minimally invasive, laborious, time-consuming and costly. To study if High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) ablation is a feasible alternative approach to SIJ pain treatment, we performed experiments using HIFU to ablate SIJ in the swine model...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28616236/effect-of-applied-energy-in-renal-sympathetic-denervation-with-magnetic-resonance-guided-focused-ultrasound-in-a-porcine-model
#24
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jill Shea, Joshua de Bever, Eugene Kholmovski, Hannah Beal, J Rock Hadley, Emilee Minalga, Mohamed E Salama, Nassir F Marrouche, Allison Payne
BACKGROUND: Past catheter-based and focused ultrasound renal denervation studies have indicated that procedure efficacy is related to the number of ablations performed or the amount of energy used for the ablation. This study extends those prior results and investigates energy level effects on the efficacy of MR guided focused ultrasound renal denervation performed in a porcine model. METHODS: Twenty-four normotensive pigs underwent unilateral denervation at three intensity levels...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28572977/acoustic-and-thermal-characterization-of-agar-based-phantoms-used-for-evaluating-focused-ultrasound-exposures
#25
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Georgios Menikou, Christakis Damianou
BACKGROUND: This study describes a series of experimental work completed towards characterizing candidate materials for fabricating brain and muscle tissue mimicking phantoms. METHODS: The acoustic speed, attenuation, impedance, thermal diffusivity, specific heat and thermal conductivity were measured. RESULTS: The resulting brain (2% w/v agar-1.2% w/v Silica Dioxide-25%v/v evaporated milk) and muscle tissue recipe (2% w/v agar-2% w/v Silica Dioxide-40%v/v evaporated milk) introduced a total attenuation coefficient of 0...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28560040/spatially-segmented-undersampled-mri-temperature-reconstruction-for-transcranial-mr-guided-focused-ultrasound
#26
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Pooja Gaur, Beat Werner, Xue Feng, Samuel W Fielden, Craig H Meyer, William A Grissom
BACKGROUND: Volumetric thermometry with fine spatiotemporal resolution is desirable to monitor MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) procedures in the brain, but requires some form of accelerated imaging. Accelerated MR temperature imaging methods have been developed that undersample k-space and leverage signal correlations over time to suppress the resulting undersampling artifacts. However, in transcranial MRgFUS treatments, the water bath surrounding the skull creates signal variations that do not follow those correlations, leading to temperature errors in the brain due to signal aliasing...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28523127/high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-hifu-ablation-of-benign-thyroid-nodules-a-systematic-review
#27
REVIEW
Brian Hung-Hin Lang, Arnold L H Wu
BACKGROUND: With an increasing number of imaging studies being done nowadays, the number of incidentally discovered thyroid nodules is expected to rise. Although many of these nodules are small and benign in nature, some do grow and may cause pressure and/or thyrotoxic symptoms. Surgical resection has traditionally been recommended for symptomatic nodules but is associated with risk of hypothyroidism, bleeding, infection, and nerve damage. High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is one of the non-surgical thermal ablation techniques that may serve as an alternative in the treatment of benign thyroid nodules...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28469915/theoretical-investigation-of-transgastric-and-intraductal-approaches-for-ultrasound-based-thermal-therapy-of-the-pancreas
#28
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Serena J Scott, Matthew S Adams, Vasant Salgaonkar, F Graham Sommer, Chris J Diederich
BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to theoretically investigate the feasibility of intraductal and transgastric approaches to ultrasound-based thermal therapy of pancreatic tumors, and to evaluate possible treatment strategies. METHODS: This study considered ultrasound applicators with 1.2 mm outer diameter tubular transducers, which are inserted into the tissue to be treated by an endoscopic approach, either via insertion through the gastric wall (transgastric) or within the pancreatic duct lumen (intraductal)...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28413682/multi-focal-hifu-reduces-cavitation-in-mild-hyperthermia
#29
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vandiver Chaplin, Charles F Caskey
BACKGROUND: Mild-hyperthermia therapy (40-45 °C) with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a technique being considered in a number of different treatments such as thermally activated drug delivery, immune-stimulation, and as a chemotherapy adjuvant. Mechanical damage and loss of cell viability associated with HIFU-induced acoustic cavitation may pose a risk during these treatments or may hinder their success. Here we present a method that achieves mild heating and reduces cavitation by using a multi-focused HIFU beam...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28373906/a-meta-analysis-of-palliative-treatment-of-pancreatic-cancer-with-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound
#30
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Susan Dababou, Cristina Marrocchio, Jarrett Rosenberg, Rachelle Bitton, Kim Butts Pauly, Alessandro Napoli, Joo Ha Hwang, Pejman Ghanouni
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is currently the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related death. Up to 60-90% of patients with advanced disease suffer cancer-related pain, severely impacting their quality of life. Current management involves primarily pharmacotherapy with opioid narcotics and celiac plexus neurolysis; unfortunately, both approaches offer transient relief and cause undesired side-effects. High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive thermal ablation technique that has been used to treat pancreatic cancer...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28331611/long-term-efficacy-of-ultrasound-guided-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-treatment-of-breast-fibroadenoma
#31
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Roussanka Kovatcheva, Katja Zaletel, Jordan Vlahov, Julian Stoinov
BACKGROUND: To assess the long term efficacy and tolerability of one or two ultrasound (US)-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment in patients with breast fibroadenoma (FA). METHODS: Twenty patients with 26 FA were selected for US-guided HIFU. The therapy was performed in one or two sessions. FA volume was assessed before and followed up to 24 months after the last HIFU. After each treatment, adverse events were evaluated. RESULTS: In 19/26 FA (73...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28265413/microvessel-rupture-induced-by-high-intensity-therapeutic-ultrasound-a-study-of-parameter-sensitivity-in-a-simple-in-vivo-model
#32
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yeonho Kim, Marjan Nabili, Priyanka Acharya, Asis Lopez, Matthew R Myers
BACKGROUND: Safety analyses of transcranial therapeutic ultrasound procedures require knowledge of the dependence of the rupture probability and rupture time upon sonication parameters. As previous vessel-rupture studies have concentrated on a specific set of exposure conditions, there is a need for more comprehensive parametric studies. METHODS: Probability of rupture and rupture times were measured by exposing the large blood vessel of a live earthworm to high-intensity focused ultrasound pulse trains of various characteristics...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28228966/objective-image-analysis-of-real-time-three-dimensional-intraoperative-ultrasound-for-intrinsic-brain-tumour-surgery
#33
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sophie J Camp, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Vasileios Raptopoulos, Amrish Mehta, Kevin O'Neill, Mohammed Awad, Babar Vaqas, David Peterson, Federico Roncaroli, Dipankar Nandi
BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence that maximal surgical resection of primary intrinsic brain tumours is beneficial, both by improving progression free and overall survival and also by facilitating postoperative chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Hence, there has been an increase in the popularity of real-time intraoperative imaging in brain tumour surgery. The complex theatre arrangements, prohibitive cost and prolonged theatre time of intraoperative MRI have restricted its application...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28194274/moderate-to-deep-sedation-technique-using-propofol-and-ketamine-allowing-synchronised-breathing-for-magnetic-resonance-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-mr-hifu-treatment-for-uterine-fibroids-a-pilot-study
#34
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Hermanus H B Vaessen, F M Knuttel, J M M van Breugel, M E Ikink, J M Dieleman, M A A J van den Bosch, J T A Knape
BACKGROUND: Magnetic resonance high-intensity focused ultrasound (MR-HIFU) treatment for uterine fibroids is rapidly gaining popularity as a treatment modality. This procedure is generally uncomfortable, painful, and requires minimal or absence of movement and an MR-HIFU synchronised breathing pattern of the patient. Procedural sedation and analgesia protocols have become the standard practice in interventional radiology departments worldwide. The aim of this study was to explore if a sedation regimen with low-dose propofol and ketamine performed by trained non-medical sedation practitioners could result in relief of discomfort for the patient and in adequate working conditions for MR-HIFU treatment for uterine fibroids...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28174660/mrgfus-for-desmoid-tumors-within-the-thigh-early-clinical-experiences
#35
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Matthew D Bucknor, Viola Rieke
BACKGROUND: Desmoid tumors are benign but locally aggressive non-malignant tumors derived from fibroblasts. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy have been the mainstay of treatment, but recurrence is common and side effects can result in significant morbidity. In this case series, we highlight our experiences performing treatments in the thigh, including strategies for optimizing ablation size and safety. CASE PRESENTATION: Since December 2014, 14 magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatments for desmoid tumors were performed at our institution in seven patients...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28149518/why-we-should-care-about-soft-tissue-interfaces-when-applying-ultrasonic-diathermy-an-experimental-and-computer-simulation-study
#36
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Thaís Pionório Omena, Aldo José Fontes-Pereira, Rejane Medeiros Costa, Ricardo Jorge Simões, Marco Antônio von Krüger, Wagner Coelho de Albuquerque Pereira
BACKGROUND: One goal of therapeutic ultrasound is enabling heat generation in tissue. Ultrasound application protocols typically neglect these processes of absorption and backscatter/reflection at the skin/fat, fat/muscle, and muscle/bone interfaces. The aim of this study was to investigate the heating process at interfaces close to the transducer and the bone with the aid of computer simulation and tissue-mimicking materials (phantoms). METHODS: The experimental setup consists of physiotherapeutic ultrasound equipment for irradiation, two layers of soft tissue-mimicking material, and one with and one without an additional layer of bone-mimicking material...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28127427/an-evaluation-of-the-sonoporation-potential-of-low-boiling-point-phase-change-ultrasound-contrast-agents-in-vitro
#37
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Samantha M Fix, Anthony Novell, Yeoheung Yun, Paul A Dayton, Christopher B Arena
BACKGROUND: Phase-change ultrasound contrast agents (PCCAs) offer a solution to the inherent limitations associated with using microbubbles for sonoporation; they are characterized by prolonged circulation lifetimes, and their nanometer-scale sizes may allow for passive accumulation in solid tumors. As a first step towards the goal of extravascular cell permeabilization, we aim to characterize the sonoporation potential of a low-boiling point formulation of PCCAs in vitro. METHODS: Parameters to induce acoustic droplet vaporization and subsequent microbubble cavitation were optimized in vitro using high-speed optical microscopy...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/28127426/mri-guided-coupling-for-a-focused-ultrasound-system-using-a-top-to-bottom-propagation
#38
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Marinos Yiannakou, George Menikou, Christos Yiallouras, Christakis Damianou
BACKGROUND: A novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-conditional coupling system was developed that accommodates a focused ultrasound (FUS) transducer. With this coupling system, the transducer can access targets from top to bottom. The intended clinical application is treatment of fibroids using FUS with the patient placed in supine position. METHODS: The coupling system was manufactured using a rapid prototyping device using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic...
2017: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27980785/fast-and-high-temperature-hyperthermia-coupled-with-radiotherapy-as-a-possible-new-treatment-for-glioblastoma
#39
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Giovanni Borasi, Alan Nahum, Margarethus M Paulides, Gibin Powathil, Giorgio Russo, Laura Fariselli, Debora Lamia, Roberta Cirincione, Giusi Irma Forte, Cristian Borrazzo, Barbara Caccia, Elisabetta di Castro, Silvia Pozzi, Maria Carla Gilardi
BACKGROUND: A new transcranial focused ultrasound device has been developed that can induce hyperthermia in a large tissue volume. The purpose of this work is to investigate theoretically how glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) can be effectively treated by combining the fast hyperthermia generated by this focused ultrasound device with external beam radiotherapy. METHODS/DESIGN: To investigate the effect of tumor growth, we have developed a mathematical description of GBM proliferation and diffusion in the context of reaction-diffusion theory...
2016: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
https://read.qxmd.com/read/27980784/rapid-full-wave-phase-aberration-correction-method-for-transcranial-high-intensity-focused-ultrasound-therapies
#40
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Scott Almquist, Dennis L Parker, Douglas A Christensen
BACKGROUND: Non-invasive high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can be used to treat a variety of disorders, including those in the brain. However, the differences in acoustic properties between the skull and the surrounding soft tissue cause aberrations in the path of the ultrasonic beam, hindering or preventing treatment. METHODS: We present a method for correcting these aberrations that is fast, full-wave, and allows for corrections at multiple treatment locations...
2016: Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound
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