The development of large-aperture multiple-source transducer arrays for ultrasound
transmission through the human skull has demonstrated the possibility of controlled and …

Utilization of therapeutic ultrasound in the brain has been seriously limited by the commonly
accepted view that these exposures would require that a piece of the skull bone be removed …

Adjuvant therapies that lower the thrombolytic dose or increase its efficacy would represent
a significant breakthrough in the treatment of patients with ischemic stroke. The objective of …

The use of a phased array of ultrasound transducer elements to sonicate through the skull
has opened the way for new treatments and the delivery of therapeutics beyond the blood …

Phase distortion due to reflection in transcranial ultrasound propagation is investigated.
Understanding of these phase-dependent properties is motivated by efforts to construct a …

Human skull poses a significant barrier for the propagation of ultrasound waves.
Development of methods enabling more efficient ultrasound transmission into and from the …

Non-invasive treatment of brain disorders using ultrasound would require a transducer array
that can propagate ultrasound through the skull and still produce sufficient acoustic pressure …

Objective Advances in ultrasound transducer array and amplifier technologies have
prompted many intriguing scientific proposals for ultrasound therapy. These include both …

Ultrasonic brain imaging remains difficult and limited because of the strong aberrating
effects of the skull (absorption, diffusion and refraction of ultrasounds): high resolution …

Transcranial ultrasound is emerging as a noninvasive tool for targeted treatments of brain
disorders. Transcranial ultrasound has been used for remotely mediated surgeries, transient …