ReviewMedical physics2013
MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery, present and future.
Review in Medical physics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04250376 (The Use of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Dementias), which is not on this map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The Use of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Dementias
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bibliometric analysis of high-intensity focused ultrasound.Frontiers in research metrics and analytics · 2026Pooled it
- Radiofrequency ablation versus magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery for minimally invasive treatment of osteoid osteoma: a propensity score matching study.European radiology · 2016Trial
- Improving thermal dose accuracy in magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery: Long-term thermometry using a prior baseline as a reference.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2016Trial
- Inter-observer variability in breast segmentation and its impact on focused ultrasound thermal therapy modeling.Physics in medicine and biology · 2026Article
- Recent advances in transducers for through-tissue ultrasonic power transfer.Progress in biomedical engineering (Bristol, England) · 2026Review
- Navigating transcranial mr guided focused ultrasound complexities with machine learning: Overcoming obstacles and expanding therapeutic horizons.Neurosurgical review · 2026Review
- Chimeric antigen receptor macrophages therapy for glioblastoma: challenges and opportunities from preclinical evidence to clinical translation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Tissue Ablation: Applications and Perspectives.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2024Review
- Uterine fibroids: a narrative review of epidemiology and management, with a focus on uterine artery embolization.Gynecology and pelvic medicine · 2024Review
- Volumetric hyperthermia delivery using the ExAblate Body MR-guided focused ultrasound system.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2024Article
- Surgical Management of Brain Tumors with Focused Ultrasound.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Validation of a drift-corrected 3D MR temperature imaging sequence for breast MR-guided focused ultrasound treatments.Magnetic resonance imaging · 2023Article
- An endoluminal cylindrical sectored-ring ultrasound phased-array applicator for minimally-invasive therapeutic ultrasound.Medical physics · 2023Article
- General-Purpose Ultrasound Neuromodulation System for Chronic, Closed-Loop Preclinical Studies in Freely Behaving Rodents.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Current Challenges in Image-Guided Magnetic Hyperthermia Therapy for Liver Cancer.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Enhancement of cerebrospinal fluid tracer movement by the application of pulsed transcranial focused ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- MRI classification using semantic random forest with auto-context model.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- Basics in Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound: technical basis and clinical application. A brief overview.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021Review
- Time-Resolved Passive Cavitation Mapping Using the Transient Angular Spectrum Approach.IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control · 2021Article
- Magnetic Resonance-Guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids-Efficiency Assessment with the Use of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Potential Role of the Administration of Uterotonic Drugs.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is a quickly developing technology with potential applications across a spectrum of indications traditionally within the domain of radiation oncology. Especially for applications where focal treatment is the preferred technique (for example, radiosurgery), MRgFUS has the potential to be a disruptive technology that could shift traditional patterns of care. While currently cleared in the United States for the noninvasive treatment of uterine fibroids and bone metastases, a wide range of clinical trials are currently underway, and the number of publications describing advances in MRgFUS is increasing. However, for MRgFUS to make the transition from a research curiosity to a clinical standard of care, a variety of challenges, technical, financial, clinical, and practical, must be overcome. This installment of the Vision 20∕20 series examines the current status of MRgFUS, focusing on the hurdles the technology faces before it can cross over from a research technique to a standard fixture in the clinic. It then reviews current and near-term technical developments which may overcome these hurdles and allow MRgFUS to break through into clinical practice.
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