MR-guided focused ultrasound–induced blood-brain barrier opening for brain metastasis: a review

G Grasso, F Torregrossa, M Noto, E Bruno… - Neurosurgical …, 2023 - thejns.org
Although the therapeutic armamentarium for brain metastases (BMs) has been expanded
from innovative surgical techniques and radiotherapy to include targeted therapies and …

MR thermometry during transcranial MR imaging–guided focused ultrasound procedures: a review

RR Mattay, K Kim, L Shah, B Shah… - American Journal …, 2024 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
Interest in transcranial MR imaging–guided focused ultrasound procedures has recently
grown. These incisionless procedures enable precise focal ablation of brain tissue using …

The evolution of ventral intermediate nucleus targeting in MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: an international multi-center evaluation

A Jameel, S Akgun, N Yousif, J Smith, B Jones… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background The ventral intermediate nucleus (VIM) is the premiere target in magnetic
resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) thalamotomy for tremor; however, there is …

Study on the effect of non-symmetrical current distribution controlled by capacitor placement in radio-frequency coils for 7T MRI

D Hernandez, T Nam, Y Jeong, D Kim, KN Kim - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we present a study on the effects of varying the position of a single tuning
capacitor in a circular loop coil as a mechanism to control and produce non-symmetric …

Probability of Cavitation in a Custom Iron-Based Coupling Medium for Transcranial Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Procedures

C Edsall, A Fergusson, RM Davis, CH Meyer… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective A coupling bath of circulating, chilled, degassed water is essential to safe and
precise acoustic transmittance during transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused …

Investigating Local Receive Arrays in tcMRgFUS System and Their Influence by Passive Antennas: A Simulation Study

M Lu, X Yan - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (tcMRgFUS) revolutionizes
non-invasive therapy by combining MRI and high-intensity focused ultrasound for precise …

Characterization of a low-profile, flexible, and acoustically transparent receive-only MRI coil array for high sensitivity MR-guided focused ultrasound

I Saniour, FJL Robb, V Taracila, V Mishra… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive therapeutic
modality for neurodegenerative diseases that employs real-time imaging and thermometry …

Improving image quality in transcranial magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound using a conductive screen

JR Hadley, H Odeen, R Merrill, SI Adams… - Magnetic resonance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Transcranial Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound (TcMRgFUS) has
been proven to be an effective treatment for some neurological disorders such as essential …

Therapeutic applications and technical developments of focused ultrasound for movement disorders

JU Máñez-Miró, E Natera-Villalba… - International Review of …, 2023 - Elsevier
MR-guided focused ultrasound (FUS) is one of the most promising medical technological
developments among those that have appeared in recent years. Its application in the field of …

Comparison of Methods to Improve the Transmit Efficiency for MRgFUS Systems

G Carluccio, K Lakshmanan, R Brown… - 2024 IEEE MTT-S …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound is used in clinical treatment of essential tremor.
It requires an array of ultrasound transducers within an MRI system. The transducers are …