First experience with MR-guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

E. Magara, Anouk; Bühler, Robert; Moser, David; Kowalski, Milek; Pourtehrani, Payam; Jeanmonod, Daniel

doi:10.1186/2050-5736-2-11

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First experience with MR-guided focused ultrasound in the treatment of Parkinson's disease

Published in Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound • May 16, 2014

Authors:

Anouk E. Magara

Robert Bühler

David Moser

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Radiofrequency (RF) subthalamotomies have been proposed since the 1960s to treat patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, the magnetic resonance (MR)-guided focused ultrasound technology (MRgFUS) offers the possibility to perform subthalamic thermocoagulations with red...

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Medicine

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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