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ReviewActa bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis2021

Basics in Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound: technical basis and clinical application. A brief overview.

Pierpaolo Palumbo, Julia Daffinà, Federico Bruno, Francesco Arrigoni, Alessandra Splendiani, Ernesto Di Cesare, Antonio Barile, Carlo Masciocchi

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Review in Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pierpaolo PalumboDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, area of Cardiovascular and Interventional Imaging, Abruzzo Health Unit 1, Italy and Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy. palumbopierpaolo89@gmail.com.
Julia DaffinàDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. daffinajulia@gmail.com.
Federico BrunoDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy and Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), SIRM Foundation, Milan, Italy. federico.bruno.1988@gmail.com.
Francesco ArrigoniDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. arrigoni.francesco@gmail.com.
Alessandra SplendianiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. alessandra.splendiani@univaq.it.
Ernesto Di CesareDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Public Health, Life and Environmental Science, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. ernesto.dicesare@univaq.it.
Antonio BarileDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. antonio.barile@univaq.it.
Carlo MasciocchiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. carlo.masciocchi@univaq.it.
University of L'Aquila · ITSocietà Italiana di Reumatologia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

First applications of high focused ultrasound as intracranial ablative therapy were firstly described in early 50'. Since then, the technological innovations have shown an increasingly safe and effective face of this technique. And in the last few years, Magnetic Resonance (MR) guided Focused Ultrasound (gFUS) has become a valid minimally invasive technique in the treatment of several diseases, from bone tumors to symptomatic uterine fibroids or essential tremors. MR guidance, through the tomographic view, offers the advantage of an accurate target detection and treatment planning. Moreover, real-time monitoring sequences allow to avoid non-target ablation. An adequate knowledge of FUS is essential to understand its clinical effectiveness. Therefore, this brief review aims to debate the physical characteristics of US and the main fields of clinical application.

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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound AblationLeiomyomaHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID34505842
PMCPMC8477067
OpenAlexW3196341117

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Registered trials

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