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WE‐G‐12A‐01: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Surgery and Therapy
Author(s) -
Farahani K,
O' Neill B
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4889530
Subject(s) - medical physics , medicine , ultrasound , radiation therapy , therapeutic ultrasound , drug delivery , radiation treatment planning , quality assurance , brachytherapy , radiology , pathology , nanotechnology , materials science , external quality assessment
More and more emphasis is being made on alternatives to invasive surgery and the use of ionizing radiation to treat various diseases including cancer. Novel screening, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of response to treatment are also hot areas of research and new clinical technologies. Ultrasound(US) has gained traction in all of the aforementioned areas of focus. Especially with recent advances in the use of ultrasound to noninvasively treat various diseases/organ systems. This session will focus on covering MR‐guided focused ultrasound and the state of the art clinical applications, and the second speaker will survey the more cutting edge technologies e.g. Focused Ultrasound (FUS) mediated drug delivery, principles of cavitation and US guided FUS. Learning Objectives: 1. Fundamental physics and physical limitations of US interaction with tissue and nanoparticles 2. The alteration of tissue transport using focused ultrasound 3. US control of nanoparticle drug carriers for targeted release 4. The basic principles of MRI‐guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery and therapy 5. the current state of the art clinical applications of MRgFUS 6. requirements for quality assurance and treatment planning