Minimally invasive therapeutic ultrasound: Ultrasound-guided ultrasound ablation in neuro-oncology.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To improve patient outcomes (eg, reducing blood loss and infection), practitioners have gravitated toward noninvasive and minimally invasive surgeries (MIS), which demand specialized toolkits. Focused ultrasound, for example, facilitates thermal ablation from a distance, thereby reducing injury to surrounding tissue. Focused ultrasound can often be performed noninvasively; however, it is more difficult to carry out in neuro-oncological tumors, as ultrasound is dramatically attenuated while propagating through the skull. This shortcoming has prompted exploration of MIS options for intracranial placement of focused ultrasound probes, such as within the BrainPath™ (NICO Corporation, Indianapolis, IN). Herein, we present the design, development, and in vitro testing of an

SUBMITTER: Belzberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8895244 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature