Focused ultrasound using a novel targeting method four-tract tractography for magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound targeting.

ABSTRACT: Magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound thalamotomy is a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for essential tremor. The target, the ventral intermediate nucleus of the thalamus, is not visualized on standard, anatomic MRI sequences. Several recent reports have used diffusion tensor imaging to target the dentato-rubro-thalamic-tract. There is considerable variability in fibre tracking algorithms and what fibres are tracked. Targeting discrete white matter tracts with magnetic resonance-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound is an emerging precision medicine technique that has the promise to improve patient outcomes and reduce treatment times. We provide a technical overview and clinical benefits of our novel, easily implemented advanced tractography method:

SUBMITTER: Feltrin FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9897190 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature