Peer Reviewed Articles on MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS)

Fennessy FM, Tempany CM, McDannold NJ, So MJ, Hesley G, Gostout B, Kim HS, Holland GA, Sarti DA, Hynynen K, Jolesz FA, Stewart EA. Uterine Leiomyomas:  MR Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery - Results of Different Treatment Protocols, Radiology, 2007.

Cohen ZR, Zaubermann J, Harnof S, Mardor Y, Nass Dvora, Zadicario E, Hananel A, Casterl D, Faibel M, Ram Z. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound For Thermal Ablation in the Brain:  A Feasibility Study in a Swine Model, Neurosurgery, 2007, 60(4):593-600.

Funaki K, Fukunishi H, Funaki T, Sawada K, Kaji Y, Maruo T. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Uterine Fibroids:  Relationship between the Therapeutic Effects and Signal Intensity of Pre-existing T2-Weighted MR Images, Am J Obstet. Gynecol., 2007, 196(2):184.e1-6.

Kopelman D, Papa M. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the Noninvasive Curative Ablation of Tumors and Palliative Treatments:  A Review, Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2007.

Hanstede MF, Tempany MC, Stewart EA. Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Intramural Leiomyomas May Facilitate Fertility:  A Case Report, Fertility & Sterility, 2007.

Fukunishi H, Funaki K, Ikuma K, Kaji Y, Sugimura K, Kitazawa R, Kitazawa S. Unsuspected Uterine Leiomyosarcoma:  Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings Before and After Focused Ultrasound Surgery, Int. J Gynecol Cancer, 2007.

Furusawa H, Namba K, Nakahara H, Tanaka C, Yasuda Y, Hirabara E, Imahariyama M, Komaki K. The Evolving Non-Surgical Ablation of Breast Cancer:  MR guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS), Breast Cancer, 2007, 14(1):55-58.

Gavrilova-Jordan LP, Rose CH, Traynor KD, Brost BC, Gostout BS. Successful Term Pregnancy Following MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Uterine Leiomyoma, Journal of Perinatology, 2007, 27:59-61.

Okada A, Murakami T, Mikami K, Onishi H, Tanigawa N, Marukawa T, Nakamura H. A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation with Respiratory Gating, Magn Reson Med Sci., 2006, 5(3):167-171.

Ram Z, Cohen ZR, Har Nof S, Tal S, Faibel M, Nass D, Maier SE, Hadani M, Mardor Y. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided High-intensity Focused Ultrasound For Brain Tumor Therapy, Neurosurgery, 2006, 59(5):949-956.

Dimaio SP, Archip N, Hata N, Talos IF, Warfield SK, Majumdar A, McDannold N, Hynynen K, Morrison PR, Wells WM, Kacher DF, Ellis RE, Golby AJ, Black PM, Jolesz FA, Kikinis R . Image-Guided Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2006.

Catane R, Beck A, Inbar Y, Rabin T, Shabshin N, Hengst S, Pfeffer RM, Hanannel A, Dogadkin O, Liberman B, Kopelman D. MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) for the Palliation of Pain in Patients with Bone Metastases - Preliminary Clinical Experience, Annals of Oncology, 2006.

Kopelman D, Inbar Y, Hanannel A, Dank G, Freundlich D, Perel A, Castel D, Greenfeld A, Salomon T, Sareli M, Valeanu A, Papa M. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS).  Four Ablation Treatments of A Single Canine Hepatocellular Adenoma, HPB, 2006, 8:292-298.

McDannold N, Tempany CM, Fennessy FM, So MJ, Rybicki FJ, Stewart EA, Jolesz FA, Hynynen K. Uterine Leiomyomas:  MR Imaging-based Thermometry and Thermal Dosimetry during Focused Ultrasound Thermal Ablation , Radiology, 2006, 240(1):263-272.

Smart OC, Hindley JT, Regan L, Gedroyc W. Gonadotrophin-Releasing Hormone and Magnetic-Resonance-Guided Ultrasound Surgery for Uterine Leiomyomata, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2006, 108(1):49-54.

Hesley GK, Felmlee JP, Gebhart JB, Dunagan KT, Gorny KR, Kesler JB, Brandt KR, Glantz JN, Gostout BS. Noninvasive Treatment of Uterine Fibroids:  Early Mayo Clinic Experience with Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2006.

Furusawa H, Namba K, Thomasen S, Akiyama F, Bendet A, Tanaka C, Yasuda Y, Nakahara H. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer:  Reliability and Effectiveness , J Am Coll Surg, 2006, 203(1):54-63.

Hokland SL, Pedersen M, Salomir R, Quesson B, Stodkilde-Jorgensen H, Moonen CT. MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound:  Methodology and Applications, IEEE Trans Med Imaging, 2006, 25(6):723-31.

Kopelman D, Inbar Y, Hanannel A, Freundlich D, Vitek S, Schmidt R, Sokolov A, Hatoum QA, Rabinovici J. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery Using an Enhanced Sonication Technique in a Pig Muscle Model , Eur J Radiol, 2006.

So MJ, Fennessy FM, Zou KH, McDannold N, Hynynen K, Jolesz FA, Stewart EA, Tybicki FJ, Tempany CM. Does the Phase of Menstrual Cycle Affect MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Leiomyomas?, Eur J of Radiology, 2006.

Gorny KR, Hangiandreou NJ, Hesley GK, Gostout BS, McGee KP, Felmlee JP. MR guided Focused Ultrasound:  Technical Acceptance Measures for a Clinical System, Phys. Med. Biol., 2006, 51:3155-3173.

Smart OC, Hindley JT, Regan L, Gedroyc WMW. Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids - The Tissue Effects of GnRH Agonist Pre-treatment, European J of Radiology, 2006.

Kopelman D, Inbar Y, Hanannel A, Freundlich D, Castel D, Perel A, Greenfeld A, Salamon T,   Sareli M, Valeanu A, Papa M. Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS):  Ablation of Liver Tissue in a Porcine Model, European J of Radiology, 2006.

White PJ. Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Surgery, Top Magn Reson Imaging, 2006, 17(3):165-172.

Jolesz FA. Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound, Top Magn Reson Imaging, 2006, 17(3):137-138.

Fennessy FM, Tempany CM. A Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Fibroids, Top Magn Reson Imaging, 2006, 17(3):173-179.

Gombos EC, Kacher DF, Furusawa H, Namba K. Breast Focused Ultrasound Surgery With Magnetic Resonance Guidance, Top Magn Reson Imaging, 2006, 17(3):181-188

Hynynen K, McDannold N, Clement G, Jolesz FA, Zadicario E, Killiany R, Moore T, Rosen D. Pre-Clinical Testing of a Phased Array Ultrasound System for MRI-guided Noninvasive Surgery of the Brain - A Primate Study, European J of Radiology, 2006.

Stewart EA, Rabinovici J, Tempany C, Inbar Y, Regan L, Gostout B, Hesley G, Kim HS,  Hengst S, Gedroyc W. Clinical Outcomes of Focused Ultrasound Surgery for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids, Fertility and Sterility, 2006, 85(1):22-29.

Rabinovici J, Inbar Y, Eylon-Cohen S, Schiff E, Hananel A, Freundlich D. Pregnancy and live Birth after Focused Ultrasound Surgery for Symptomatic Focal Adenomyosis: A Case Report, Human Reproduction, 2006, pp. 1-5.

Khiat A, Gianfelice D, Amara M, Boulanger Y. Influence of Post-Treatment Delay on the Evaluation of the Response to Focused Ulstrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer by Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI, The British Journal of Radiology, 2006, 79:308-314.

Tempany C, McDannold N, Stewart EA, Hynynen K. Focused Ultrasound Tumor Ablation, Chapter 21 in vanSonnenberg E, McMullen W, Solbiati L Tumor Ablation, 2005, pp. 273-284

Fennessy FM, Tempany CM. MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Uterine Leiomyomas, Acad Radiol., 2005, 12:1158-1166.

Jolesz F, Hynynen K, McDannold N, Tempany CM. MR Imaging-Controlled Focused Ultrasound Ablation:  A Noninvasive Image-Guided Surgery, in Lewin Jonathan S, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Clinics of North America, MR-Guided Interventions, 2005, 13(3):545-560.

Jacobs MA, Herskovits EH, Kim HS. Uterine Fibroids:  Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging for Monitoring Therapy with Focused Ultrasound Surgery Preliminary Study, Radiology, 2005, 236(1):196-203.

Jolesz F, Hynynen K. Focused Ultrasound, Chapter 64, in DeVita VT, Hellman S, Rosenberg SA, Cancer Principles and Practice of Oncology, 7^th edition, 2005, pp. 2883-2890.

Hindley J, Gedroyc WM, Regan L, Stewart E, Tempany C, Hynynen K, McDannold N, Inbar Y, Itzchak Y, Rabinovici J, Kim K, Geschwind JF, Hesley G, Gostout B, Ehrenstein T, Hengst S, Sklair-Levy M, Shushan A, Jolesz F. MRI Guidance of Focused Ultrasound Therapy of Uterine Fibroids:  Early Results, AJR, 2004, 183:1713-1719.

Jolesz FA, Hynynen K, McDannold N, Freundlich D, Kopleman D. Noninvasive Thermal Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound, Gastroenterology, 2004, 127:S242-S247.

Yagel S. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound:  a Revolution in Non-invasive Ultrasound Treatment?,Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 2004, 23(3):216-7.

Gianfelice D, Abdesslem K, Boulanger Y, Amara M, Belblidia A. MR Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer:  Correlation between Dynamic Contrast- Enhanced MRI and Histopathologic Findings, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2003, 82:93-101.

Gianfelice D, Khiat A, Boulanger Y, Amara M, DES and Belblidia A. A Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery as an Adjunct to Tamoxifen Therapy in High-risk Surgical Patients with Breast Carcinoma, Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2003, 14:1275-1282.

Stewart EA, Gedroyc W, Tempany CM, Quade B, Inbar Y, Ehrenstein T, Shushan A, Hindley J,   Goldin R, David M, Sklair M, Rabinovici J. Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Uterine Fibroids:  Safety and Feasibility of a Noninvasive Thermoablative Technique, Am J Obstet Gynecol, 2003, pp. 48-54.

Tempany CM, Stewart EA, McDannold N, Quade B, Jolesz F, Hynynen K. MRI Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (FUS) of Uterine Leiomyomas:  A Feasibility Study, Radiology, 2003, 227:897-905.

Gianfelice D, Khiat A, Amara M, Belblidia A, Boulanger Y. MR Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Breast Cancer:  Histopathologic Assessment of Efficacy - Initial Experience, Radiology, 2003, 227(3):850-855.

Jolesz FA, Hynynen K. Magnetic Resonance Image-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery, Cancer J, 2002, 8 Suppl 1:S100-12.

Hynynen K, Pomeroy O, Smith D, Huber P, McDannold N, Kettenbach J, Baum J, Singer S, Jolesz F. MR Imaging-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery of Fibroadenomas in the Breast:  A Feasibility Study, Radiology, 2001, 219:176-85.