Transcranial ultrasound simulations: A review

C Angla, B Larrat, J Gennisson, S Chatillon - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Transcranial ultrasound is more and more used for therapy and imaging of the brain.
However, the skull is a highly attenuating and aberrating medium, with different structures …

Acoustic properties across the human skull

TS Riis, TD Webb, J Kubanek - Ultrasonics, 2022 - Elsevier
Transcranial ultrasound is emerging as a noninvasive tool for targeted treatments of brain
disorders. Transcranial ultrasound has been used for remotely mediated surgeries, transient …

[HTML][HTML] Three-layer model with absorption for conservative estimation of the maximum acoustic transmission coefficient through the human skull for transcranial …

D Attali, T Tiennot, M Schafer, E Fouragnan, J Sallet… - Brain stimulation, 2023 - Elsevier
Transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) has been shown to be a safe and effective
technique for non-invasive superficial and deep brain stimulation. Safe and efficient …

Precise ultrasound neuromodulation in a deep brain region using nano gas vesicles as actuators

X Hou, Z Qiu, Q Xian, S Kala, J Jing… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ultrasound is a promising new modality for non‐invasive neuromodulation. Applied
transcranially, it can be focused down to the millimeter or centimeter range. The ability to …

Comparison between ray-tracing and full-wave simulation for transcranial ultrasound focusing on a clinical system using the transfer matrix formalism

T Bancel, A Houdouin, P Annic… - IEEE transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Only one high-intensity focused ultrasound device has been clinically approved for
transcranial brain surgery at the time of writing. The device operates within 650 and 720 kHz …

[HTML][HTML] Multivariable-incorporating super-resolution residual network for transcranial focused ultrasound simulation

M Shin, Z Peng, HJ Kim, SS Yoo, K Yoon - Computer Methods and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and objective: Transcranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) has emerged as a new
non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) modality, with its exquisite ability to reach deep brain …

[HTML][HTML] Transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation of the thalamic visual pathway in a large animal model and the dose-response relationship with MR-ARFI

M Mohammadjavadi, RT Ash, N Li, P Gaur… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Neuromodulation of deep brain structures via transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) is a
promising, but still elusive approach to non-invasive treatment of brain disorders. The …

Two-step aberration correction: application to transcranial histotripsy

N Lu, TL Hall, JR Sukovich, SW Choi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective: Phase aberration correction is essential in transcranial histotripsy to compensate
for focal distortion caused by the heterogeneity of the intact skull bone. This paper improves …

Device for multifocal delivery of ultrasound into deep brain regions in humans

T Riis, D Feldman, A Losser, B Mickey… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-intensity focused ultrasound provides the means to noninvasively stimulate or release
drugs in specified deep brain targets. However, successful clinical translations require …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison between MR and CT imaging used to correct for skull-induced phase aberrations during transcranial focused ultrasound

SA Leung, D Moore, Y Gilbo, J Snell, TD Webb… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Transcranial focused ultrasound with the InSightec Exablate system uses thermal ablation
for the treatment of movement and mood disorders and blood brain barrier disruption for …