ReviewJournal of Korean medical science2018
Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery: Taking Lessons from the Past to Inform the Future.
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- Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound subthalamotomy for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of effectiveness and safety.Neurosurgical review · 2026Pooled it
- Invasive therapies for Parkinson's disease: an adapted excerpt from the guidelines of the German Society of Neurology.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound treatment for essential tremor shows sustained efficacy: a meta-analysis.Neurosurgical review · 2022Pooled it
- Focused ultrasound neuromodulation for psychiatric disorders: a scoping review of clinical applications and current progress.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- From competition to complementarity: narrative review of laser interstitial thermal therapy, focused ultrasound, and radiofrequency ablation in minimally invasive neurosurgery.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
- From Ablation to Neuromodulation Platform: The Evolving Role of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Functional Neurosurgery.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2026Review
- Advancements in Surgical Therapies for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Paradigm Shift towards Precision Care.Neurology and therapy · 2025Review
- Ameliorating motor performance and quality of life in Parkinson's disease: a comparison of deep brain stimulation and focused ultrasound surgery.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Feasibility of targeting the cingulate gyrus using high-intensity focused ultrasound on a cadaveric specimen: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2024Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor in a patient with von Willebrand disease: perioperative optimization for patients with coagulopathies. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2024Article
- Advancements in Glioma Care: Focus on Emerging Neurosurgical Techniques.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Surgical Management of Brain Tumors with Focused Ultrasound.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Review
- Magnetic Resonance Thermometry Targeting for Magnetic Resonance-Guided Histotripsy Treatments.Ultrasound in medicine & biology · 2023Article
- Potential Goals, Challenges, and Safety of Focused Ultrasound Application for Central Nervous System Disorders.Current neuropharmacology · 2022Article
- What happens to brain outside the thermal ablation zones? An assessment of needle-based therapeutic ultrasound in survival swine.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2022Article
- Therapeutic Potential of Ultrasound Neuromodulation in Decreasing Neuropathic Pain: Clinical and Experimental Evidence.Current neuropharmacology · 2021Review
- The Emerging Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound in Functional Neurosurgery.Cureus · 2020Review
- High-quality Agar and Polyacrylamide Tumor-mimicking Phantom Models for Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Applications.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a new emerging neurosurgical procedure applied in a wide range of clinical fields. It can generate high-intensity energy at the focal zone in deep body areas without requiring incision of soft tissues. Although the effectiveness of the focused ultrasound technique had not been recognized because of the skull being a main barrier in the transmission of acoustic energy, the development of hemispheric distribution of ultrasound transducer phased arrays has solved this issue and enabled the performance of true transcranial procedures. Advanced imaging technologies such as magnetic resonance thermometry could enhance the safety of MRgFUS. The current clinical applications of MRgFUS in neurosurgery involve stereotactic ablative treatments for patients with essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, major depressive disorder, or neuropathic pain. Other potential treatment candidates being examined in ongoing clinical trials include brain tumors, Alzheimer's disease, and epilepsy, based on MRgFUS abilities of thermal ablation and opening the blood-brain barrier. With the development of ultrasound technology to overcome the limitations, MRgFUS is gradually expanding the therapeutic field for intractable neurological disorders and serving as a trail for a promising future in noninvasive and safe neurosurgical care.
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