Aug 11 2011
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation has announced its latest Research Award recipient is Nathan McDannold, Ph.D. The $112,002 award will support McDannold's efforts to increase the regions in the brain that can be safely targeted by MR-guided focused ultrasound, an innovative, noninvasive medical technology being championed by the Foundation.
"We hope to increase the number of patients with brain tumors or other central nervous system diseases that can be treated with focused ultrasound instead of having to undergo surgery or other invasive procedures," explains McDannold, who heads the Focused Ultrasound Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Harvard Medical School.
Recognized as a pioneer in the field of therapeutic ultrasound, McDannold is exploring a new approach to destroying diseased brain tissue without the need for surgical incisions. The method uses microbubbles and low-frequency focused ultrasound. "We aim to show that this approach can ablate tissue with less energy and does not damage non-targeted areas or cause delayed effects," he explains.
SOURCE Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (FUS)
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