| Young Investigator Awardees Poster Presentations | ||
| Small Animal Adaptor Setup and Protocols for Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound | N. Farr | |
| Mechanisms of Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery | K. Watson | |
| Composite Drug-Delivery Agents Comprised of 5FU-Bearing Controlled-Release Nanoparticles Bonded to Microbubbles Inhibit Glioma Growth Upon Activation with Ultrasound | C. Burke | |
| Ultrasound-enhanced Drug Delivery During Epithelial-Mesenchymal Tumor Transition (EMT) | K. Watson | |
| Initial Experience with a Small Animal System for MRgFUS Targeted Drug Delivery | A. Payne | |
| Non-invasive Determination of Patient-specific Tissue Acoustic Properties for MRgFUS | U. Vyas | |
| High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation Effect on Tumor Growth and the Migration of Endothelial Progenitor Cell | J. Pagan | |
| High Resolution and Large Volume Coverage MR Temperature Measurements in Breast | N. Todd | |
| Clinical Predictors of Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery | E. Bouwsma | |
| Analyzing Screen Failures Prior to MRgFUS for Uterine Fibroids: Do African American (AA) Women Have Different Characteristics? | R. Machtinger | |
| Novel Technique for Targeted Vessel Ablation During Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Uterine Fibroids | M. Voogt | |
| Brain Applications | ||
| Off-focus Heating of Micro-calcifications in HIFU Neurosurgery | B. Werner | |
| MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the Treatment of Tremor: A Non-invasive Thalamotomy | R. Frysinger | |
| Evaluation of Three-dimensional Temperature Distributions Produced by a Low-frequency Transcranial Focused Ultrasound System within Ex Vivo Human Skulls | N. McDannold | |
| Optimal Imaging of In Vitro Clot Sonothrombolysis by MR-guided Focused Ultrasound | C. Durst | |
| Potential Application of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Vascular Occlusion in Neurosurgery: A Review | J. Serrone | |
| Characterization and Ex Vivo Testing of a Single-element Interstitial Ultrasound Applicator for the Thermal Ablation of Brain Tumors Under MR Guidance | M. Canney | |
| Transcranial Sonothrombolysis In Ischemic Stroke Using HIFU: In Vitro Operating Parameter Optimization | A. Voie | |
| A Safety and Feasibility Study of MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Lesioning in the Setting of Deep Brain Stimulation | M. Khaled | |
| Hybrid Referenceless and Multi-baseline Thermometry for MRgFUS Brain Applications | V. Rieke | |
| Targeted Drug Delivery | ||
| Modeling of the Impact of Blood Vessels Flow on the Temperature Distribution During Focused Ultrasound Exposure | E. Sassaroli | |
| Design Principles of Thermosensitive Liposomes for MRI Guided HIFU Triggered Local Delivery of Doxorubicin | R. Tejera-Garcia | |
| Destruction of Circulating Microbubbles in the Vasculature Can Inhibit Tumor Growth: Possible Mechanisms of the Observed Therapeutic Effect | A. Klibanov | |
| Feedback Control for Mild Hyperthermia Treatments Using Magnetic Resonance Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound | A. Partanen | |
| Progress Towards Ultrasound-activated Targeted Drug Delivery with Nano-encapsulants and Tumor Cell Poration | S. Cochran | |
| Computational Modeling of Targeted Drug Delivery via HIFU and Low-Temperature Sensitive Liposomes | D. Haemmerich | |
| Thiel Cadaver as a Model for MRgFUS | A. Volovyk | |
| Microbubble Radius and Ultrasound Frequency Effect Microbubble Mediated Drug Delivery Efficacy and Cell Viability | L. Phillips | |
| Technology & Bioeffects of FUS | ||
| Design of Prototype Software for 3D Simulation of Ultrasound Beams in Inhomogeneous Media for Development of MRgFUS Applications | E. Gomez-Gonzalez | |
| Non-invasive Estimation of Tissue Thermal Conductivity from Spatio-temporal Temperature Profiles of Volumetric Sonications Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) Therapy: Initial Experience in a Pig Model | J. Zhang | |
| Acoustic Measurements and Holographic Reconstruction of the Philips MR-guided HIFU Source | W. Kreider | |
| Proton Resonance Frequency MRI Shows Focal Spot Shifts due to Interfaces During MR-HIFU Treatment | E. Hipp | |
| SonoKnife: A Line-Focused Ultrasound System | E. Moros | |
| Fat Temperature Imaging based upon T1 of Fatty Acid Components using Multiple Flip Angle Multipoint Dixon Acquisitions |
K. Kuroda | |
| Initial Results of a Discrete Path Model-Reference Controller for Reducing MRgFUS Treatment Times and Ensuring Treatment Safety | J. de Bever | |
| A Novel Concept of MR-compatible Phased Array HIFU Transducer Dedicated to Abdominal Thermo-ablation | V. Auboiroux | |
| PET/MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Hypoxic-tissue Ablations in Solid Tumors | X. Chen | |
| Spatial Accuracy of Volumetric Ablation of Tissue Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MR-HIFU) with Feedback Control and Multi-slice Thermal Monitoring: Initial Experience in a Pig Model | J. Zhang | |
| Numerical and Ex-Vivo Characterization of Acoustic Edge of SonoKnife | R. Xia | |
| Assessment of Focused Ultrasound Induced Inflammation in Muscle by MRI and Fluorescent Microscopy | H. Hancock | |
| Back & Neck Pain, Other Applications | ||
| Clinical Experience with Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Chronic Low Back Pain Originating in the Facet Joints in Elderly Patients | M. Kawasaki | |
| Comparison of Dynamic Contrast-enhanced MRI Parameters with 99mTc-sestamibi Uptake Ratios in Benign Thyroid Pathologies | A. Sarikaya | |
| Prostate Applications | ||
| Improved MR Thermometry in the Prostate | L. Hofstetter | |
| MRgFUS for Cancer Therapy: Non-Thermal Effect | C. Ma | |
| LOFU-HIFU Combination Presents a New Paradigm of Using Focused Ultrasound for In Situ Tumor Vaccination | H. Zhang | |
| Simulation Validation and In-Vitro Demonstration of 3D MRI-controlled Transurethral Ultrasound Prostate Therapy | M. Burtnyk | |
| Combination of HIFU, Immunotherapy and Surgery for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer | P. Zhong | |
| Tissue Morphological Response in Prostate Cancer Patients After Treatment with a Prototype MRI guided Ultrasound Ablation Technique | A. Boyes | |
| Uterine Fibroids | ||
| Uterine Fibroid Treatment Patterns After Introduction of an Interdisciplinary Fibroid Program | N. Tan | |
| Short-term Results of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Adenomyosis Patients Indicate Symptomatic Relief and Pain | S. Yoon | |
| The Effects of Single Dose of GnRH Agonist Prior to Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids | S. Yoon | |
| Diffusion Weighted Imaging of MR-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids: Influence of Different B-values | M. Voogt | |
| Initial Results of Fertility Preservation After MRgFUS Treatment of Uterine Fibroids in Spain | E. Gomez-Gonzalez | |
| Characterization of Fibroids After Initial Treatment with MRgFUS and Survival Curves, Interesting Correlations Between Epidemiology and Imaging Features | E. Roldan-Valadez | |
| Spontaneous Vaginal Expulsion of Uterine Fibroids After Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery | S. Yoon | |
| Successful Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Recurrent Uterine Fibroid Previously Treated with Uterine Artery Embolization | S. Yoon | |
| Analysis of Heat Shock Protein Upregulation and Evidence for Apoptosis in HIFU-Insonated Rabbit Thigh Muscle | T. Matsunaga | |
| MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery in Treatment of Diffuse Adenomyosis | A. Patil | |
| Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroid: Short-term Outcomes Analysis | N. Tan | |
| Indian Experience in Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroid Patients with MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre | A. Patil | |
| Bone Applications | ||
| Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound for Palliation of Painful Bone Metastases | V. Turkevich | |
| Affects of Magnetic Resonance Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Pain Palliation of Bone Metastasis on the Mechanical Properties of Bones | B. Liberman | |
| Indian Experience in Treatment of Painful Bone Metastasis Patients with MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre | A. Patil | |
Poster Presentations
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