Traditionally, surgery has been the only cure for many solid tumours. Technological
advances have catalysed a shift from open surgery towards less invasive techniques …

High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is gaining rapid clinical acceptance as a treatment
modality enabling non-invasive tissue heating and ablation for numerous applications. HIFU …

For 50 years, high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) has been a subject of interest for
medical research. HIFU causes selective tissue necrosis in a very well defined volume, at a …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of this article is to introduce the reader to the principles and
applications of high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). CONCLUSION. Although a great …

High intensity beams of ultrasound may be focused at depth within the body, thereby
producing selective damage within the focal volume, with no harm to overlying or …

The prospect of being able to use “minimally invasive” surgical techniques is of great interest
today, particularly for reasons of health economics, patient acceptability and reduced …

Embodiments of the invention provide a dermatological cosmetic treatment and imaging
system and method. In some embodiments, the system (20) includes a hand wand (100) …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or liver cancer, is one of the fastest growing cancers in the
United States. Current liver ablation methods are thermal based and share limitations …

A method can include targeting a region of interest below a surface of skin, which contains
fat lobuli and delivering ultrasound energy to the region of interest. The ultrasound energy …

Various embodiments provide a method for an extended field of view treatment. The method
can include the steps of imaging a region; targeting a region with directed ultrasound …