Future Directions of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound

Dayton P Grogan; Timour Abduhalikov; Neal F Kassell; Shayan Moosa

doi:10.1016/j.mric.2024.02.004

Future Directions of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound

Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am. 2024 Nov;32(4):705-715. doi: 10.1016/j.mric.2024.02.004. Epub 2024 Apr 1.

Authors

Dayton P Grogan¹, Timour Abduhalikov², Neal F Kassell³, Shayan Moosa⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Hospital, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
² University of Virginia, School of Medicine, 1215 Lee Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
³ Focused Ultrasound Foundation, 1230 Cedars Ct Suite 206, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Hospital, PO Box 800212, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 39322359
DOI: 10.1016/j.mric.2024.02.004

Abstract

MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) allows for the incisionless treatment of intracranial lesions in an outpatient setting. While this is currently approved for the surgical treatment of essential tremor and Parkinson's disease, advancements in imaging and ultrasound technology are allowing for the expansion of treatment indications to other intracranial diseases. In addition, these advancements are also making MRgFUS treatments easier, safer, and more efficacious.

Keywords: High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Histotripsy; Low-intensity focused ultrasound (LIFU); MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS); Neurologic disorders.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / surgery
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Brain Diseases / surgery
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation / methods
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional* / methods
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods