Medical ultrasonography
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| 2024 |
Focused ultrasound
A clinical trial of histotripsy form of HIFU for liver tumors demonstrated a 95% success rate, showing promising results in cancer treatment.
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| 2023 |
Focused ultrasound
Histotripsy, a form of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) developed by University of Michigan Professor Zhen Xu, receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for destroying small cancerous tumors in the liver with minimal side effects.
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| 2018 |
Focused ultrasound
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in England classified transrectal High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) as a 'not recommended' method for treating prostate enlargement.
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| 2016 |
Focused ultrasound
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Insightec's Exablate system for treating essential tremor, marking a significant milestone in focused ultrasound medical treatment.
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| 2013 |
Medical ultrasound
Dr. Hessel Wijkstra completes the first exploratory clinical trial in humans for prostate cancer using molecular ultrasonography in Amsterdam, Netherlands, marking a significant milestone in cancer screening techniques.
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| 2011 |
Medical ultrasound
Dr. Nathalie Lassau conducts a clinical study on quantitative perfusion techniques to identify early patient response to anti-cancerous drug treatment using contrast ultrasonography.
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| 2010 |
Medical ultrasound
Dr. Nicolas Rognin invents 'parametric imaging of vascular signatures', a computational method for analyzing ultrasound contrast images to aid in tumor diagnosis.
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