Applications of Focused Ultrasound in Cerebrovascular Diseases and Brain Tumors.

ABSTRACT: Oncology and cerebrovascular disease constitute two of the most common diseases afflicting the central nervous system. Standard of treatment of these pathologies is based on multidisciplinary approaches encompassing combination of interventional procedures such as open and endovascular surgeries, drugs (chemotherapies, anti-coagulants, anti-platelet therapies, thrombolytics), and radiation therapies. In this context, therapeutic ultrasound could represent a novel diagnostic/therapeutic in the armamentarium of the surgeon to treat these diseases. Ultrasound relies on mechanical energy to induce numerous physical and biological effects. The application of this technology in neurology has been limited due to the challenges with penetrating the skull, thus limiting a prompt translation as has

SUBMITTER: Prada F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6361053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature