Bilateral MR imaging-guided high intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of tremor-dominant Parkinson’s disease: first experience with 9 months follow up
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Background/introduction MR imaging-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MRIgFUS) is a novel, noninvasive technique for the treatment of functional brain disorders through the intact human skull at millimeter precision. The ExAblate 4000 transcranial MRIgFUS system (InSightec, Haifa, Israel) uses a 1024-element phased array transducer, which is attached to the patient’s head via a standard stereotactic frame situated inside a 3T MRI scanner, and is CE certified for interventions in the thalamus, subthalamus and pallidum.
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