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Focused Ultrasound Device Ablates Soft Tissues

A novel ablation system combines ultrasound imaging and high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the laparoscopic or intraoperative ablation of soft...

Prostate focused ultrasound focal therapy—imaging for the future

Treatment of prostate cancer using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) focal therapy could be a reliable treatment option but, are we ready for it? This Perspectives article assesses whether our...

Ablation of Localized Sources Improves AF Outcomes

After nine months of follow-up, focal impulse and rotor modulation combined with conventional ablation to isolate the left and right pulmonary veins resulted in greater freedom from AF compared with c...

Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Can Reduce Tremor

Research findings offered during the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting show that the use of transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound for producing a...

Focal Laser Ablation Offers Another Option For Some Prostate Cancer Patients

Men with low-risk prostate cancer who previously had to choose between aggressive treatment, with the potential for significant side effects, and active surveillance, with the risk of disease progress...

Opthalmic Ultrasound Probes Controlled Through Magnetic Fields

A new 50-MHz, high-frequency ultrasound biomicroscope ophthalmic probe now includes an advanced magnetic transducer.

SonaCare Medical to Introduce Two New HIFU Products at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SonaCare Medical, LLC (SonaCare Medical), a leader in minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies, will showcase two n...

Focal therapy offers middle ground for some prostate cancer patients

(University of Chicago Medical Center) For men with low-risk prostate cancer, focal laser ablation treats just the diseased portion of the prostate rather than the entire gland. A phase 1 trial found...

Focal therapy in prostate cancer: modalities, findings and future considerations.

Focal therapy is emerging as an alternative to active surveillance for the management of low-risk prostate cancer in carefully selected patients. The aim of focal therapy is long-term cancer control w...

Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation by the Ablation of Localized Sources: CONFIRM (Conventional Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation With or Without Focal Impulse and Rotor Modulation) Trial.

We hypothesized that human atrial fibrillation (AF) may be sustained by localized sources (electrical rotors and focal impulses), whose elimination (focal impulse and rotor modulation [FIRM]) may impr...

Enhanced Ablation of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound with Microbubbles: An Experimental Study on Rabbit Hepatic VX2 Tumors.

PURPOSE: This study was designed to assess the enhanced effect of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation with microbubbles on rabbit hepatic VX2 tumors and to compare the detection sensitiv...

The design of a focused ultrasound transducer array for the treatment of stroke: a simulation study.

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is capable of mechanically disintegrating blood clots at high pressures. Safe thrombolysis may require frequencies higher than those currently utilized by tran...

Safety and efficacy of US-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound for treatment of submucosal fibroids.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of US-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation for the treatment of submucosal fibroids METHODS: A total of 76 women with 78 submucosal...