Outcomes from stereotactic surgery for essential tremor

RF Dallapiazza, DJ Lee, P De Vloo… - Journal of Neurology …, 2019 - jnnp.bmj.com
There are several different surgical procedures that are used to treat essential tremor (ET),
including deep brain stimulation (DBS) and thalamotomy procedures with radiofrequency …

MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery

FA Jolesz - Annual review of medicine, 2009 - annualreviews.org
MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery is a noninvasive thermal ablation
method that uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for target definition, treatment …

Focused ultrasound modulates region-specific brain activity

SS Yoo, A Bystritsky, JH Lee, Y Zhang, K Fischer… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
We demonstrated the in vivo feasibility of using focused ultrasound (FUS) to transiently
modulate (through either stimulation or suppression) the function of regional brain tissue in …

Effective parameters for ultrasound-induced in vivo neurostimulation

RL King, JR Brown, WT Newsome, KB Pauly - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ultrasound-induced neurostimulation has recently gained increasing attention, but little is
known about the mechanisms by which it affects neural activity or about the range of …

Transcranial magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound surgery of brain tumors: initial findings in 3 patients

N McDannold, GT Clement, P Black, F Jolesz… - …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE This work evaluated the clinical feasibility of transcranial magnetic resonance
imaging–guided focused ultrasound surgery. METHODS Transcranial magnetic resonance …

Transcranial magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound: noninvasive central lateral thalamotomy for chronic neuropathic pain

D Jeanmonod, B Werner, A Morel, L Michels… - Neurosurgical …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object Recent technological developments open the field of therapeutic application of
focused ultrasound to the brain through the intact cranium. The goal of this study was to …

Noninvasive neuromodulation and thalamic mapping with low-intensity focused ultrasound

RF Dallapiazza, KF Timbie, S Holmberg… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Ultrasound can be precisely focused through the intact human skull to target
deep regions of the brain for stereotactic ablations. Acoustic energy at much lower …

Focused ultrasound-mediated non-invasive brain stimulation: examination of sonication parameters

H Kim, A Chiu, SD Lee, K Fischer, SS Yoo - Brain stimulation, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) has emerged as a new brain stimulation
modality. The range of sonication parameters for successful brain stimulation warrants …

Transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound: a review of the technologic and neurologic applications

P Ghanouni, KB Pauly, WJ Elias… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This article reviews the physical principles of MRI-guided focused ultra-sound
and discusses current and potential applications of this exciting technology. CONCLUSION …

The role of high‐intensity focused ultrasound as a symptomatic treatment for Parkinson's disease

S Moosa, R Martínez‐Fernández, WJ Elias… - Movement …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
MR‐guided focused ultrasound is a novel, minimally invasive surgical procedure for
symptomatic treatment of PD. With this technology, the ventral intermediate nucleus, STN …