Most Americans have never heard of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), yet it is a technology that promises to revolutionize medical care around the world.
“We’re at the same point with focused ultrasound as we were with diagnostic MRIs several decades ago,” says Neal F. Kassell, M.D., a professor of neurosurgery at the University of [...]

An Experimental cancer therapy for prostate cancer may be able to treat men without surgery and offer fewer side effects according to the results of a UK study published in the British Journal of Cancer* today (Wednesday).

New technology to hear vibrations through the skull bone has been developed at Chalmers University of Technology. Besides investigating the function of a new implantable bone conduction hearing aid, Sabine Reinfeldt has studied the sensitivity for bone conducted sound and also examined the possibilities for a two-way communication system that is utilizing bone conduction in [...]

Revolutionary ultrasonic nanotechnology that could allow scientists to see inside a patient’s individual cells to help diagnose serious illnesses is being developed by researchers at The University of Nottingham.

International HIFU, a company that makes HIFU (High Intensity Focused Ultrasound) technologies available to treat prostate cancer patients at centers outside the United States, announced today that the 1600th patient has been treated outside of the United States using Sonablate® 500 minimally invasive HIFU therapy. The Sonablate® 500 is not approved for use in [...]