MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound, An Issue of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America
- 1st Edition, Volume 32-4 - September 24, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Dheeraj Gandhi, Graeme F. Woodworth
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 6 6 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 4 6 6 7 - 8
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of MRI Clinics, guest editors Drs. Dheeraj Gandhi and Graeme F. Woodworth bring their considerable expertise to the topic of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound. Top experts in the field cover a broad range of topics on the use of magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for brain tumors, breast tumors, musculoskeletal applications, movement disorders, prostate conditions, and neurodegenerative disorders.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics MRgFUS for neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease; the use of MRgFUS for movement disorders; MRgFUS for musculoskeletal applications; MRgFUS for breast tumors; future directions in MRgFUS; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on MR-guided focused ultrasound, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
General Radiologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- CME Accreditation Page
- Transcranial Focused Ultrasound: A History of Our Future
- Key points
- Introduction
- A sonic boon
- An early convergence
- The Fry brothers and Russell Meyers
- Many competitors
- The algorithm
- Modern focused ultrasound
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- MR Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Breast Tumors
- Key points
- Introduction
- Overview of focused ultrasound technology
- Applications of image-guided focused ultrasound in breast tumors
- Looking ahead
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Gynecologic Indications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Methods
- Uterine fibroids
- Uterine adenomyosis
- Abdominal wall endometriosis
- Palliative treatment of recurrent gynecologic malignancy
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Appendix 1. Level of Evidence (LoE) and Grade of Recommendation (GoR) explained and provided per indication
- Appendix 2. Research agenda
- MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
- Key points
- Introduction
- MR imaging guidance: advantages and limitations
- Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound technique
- MR-guided focused ultrasound evidence
- MR-guided focused ultrasound, imaging findings, and follow-up
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- MR-guided Focused Ultrasound for Musculoskeletal Applications
- Key points
- Introduction
- Painful bone metastases
- Osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma
- Other benign lesions
- Facet joints
- Sacroiliac joints
- Knee joint osteoarthritis
- Extra-abdominal desmoid fibromatosis
- Abdominal wall endometriosis
- Peripheral nerve ablation
- Vascular malformations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Use of Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Movement Disorders
- Key points
- Introduction
- Essential tremor
- Parkinson’s disease
- Dystonia and other rare movement disorders
- Future directions
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Chronic Pain
- Key points
- Historical background
- The “functional” anatomy of pain
- Incisionless thalamotomy thermoablation
- Technical aspects and challenges
- Future studies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- MR Imaging–Guided Focused Ultrasound—Clinical Applications in Managing Malignant Gliomas
- Key points
- Introduction
- Principles of focused ultrasound
- Tumor cell killing
- Focused ultrasound–enabled blood-brain barrier opening
- Focused ultrasound–mediated immunomodulation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Focused Ultrasound for Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Key points
- Introduction
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Future directions and conclusion
- Clinics care points
- The Use of Focused Ultrasound to Enhance Liquid Biopsy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Principles of focused ultrasound
- Animal studies
- Current state in clinical studies
- Limitations and future directions
- Clinics care points
- Future Directions of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound
- Key points
- Introduction
- Advancements in image guidance
- Advancements in ultrasound delivery
- Expansion of treatment indications
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 32-4
- Published: September 24, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443246661
- eBook ISBN: 9780443246678
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Dheeraj Gandhi
Professor and Director
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Radiology
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandGW
Graeme F. Woodworth
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA