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Stefan Vilsmeier Joins Foundation’s Council
- Vilsmeier is founder and CEO of Brainlab, a global medical software and hardware company improving access to and consistency of medical treatments.
- The Council is a dedicated group who provide advice and assist with raising funds and building awareness.
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Gail ter Haar, DSc, Receives Foundation’s 2022 Visionary Award
- Professor Gail ter Haar, an expert in focused ultrasound and physics, is the recipient of this year’s Visionary Award.
- She leads the therapeutic ultrasound team at The Institute for Cancer Research and is founding President of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound.
- At the meeting, she will address the future of therapeutic ultrasound and lessons to be learned from the past.
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Submit Your Nominations for the Ferenc Jolesz Memorial Award
- The award honors the late Ferenc Jolesz and recognizes an innovative spirit in a mid-career investigator conducting focused ultrasound research.
- The recipient will receive a $5,000 cash award and up to $5,000 in travel expenses for Symposium attendance.
- The award is supported by Insightec, and nominations will be accepted through Monday, June 6.
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Improving Focused Ultrasound Blood-Brain Barrier Opening
- Researchers sought to improve how focused ultrasound is used to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in preclinical studies.
- The group synthesized and analyzed two protein binders that weaken the BBB before applying ultrasound energy.
- Pretreatment incubation of tight junction proteins with clinically suitable binders may improve BBB opening and increase the therapeutic window.
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NIH’s Research Initiatives Secure Increased Funding
- Congress recently passed a bill that includes $620 million for the NIH BRAIN Initiative – $60 million more than in 2021.
- The bill also secured funding for the NIH HEAL Initiative, which aims to end addiction.
- BRAIN and HEAL are currently funding multiple focused ultrasound research projects.
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Company Profile: Alpinion Medical Systems
- Alpinion Medical Systems is a Korea-based focused ultrasound manufacturer with offices in the US, Germany, and China.
- The company's Alpius HIFU device is used to treat uterine fibroids and adenomyosis, and clinical trials are underway for pancreatic cancer.
- Alpinion also designs, manufactures, and sells ultrasound imaging systems and six types of ultrasound transducers.
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Cost Comparison Between Standard-of-Care and Focused Ultrasound Therapies
- The profitability of focused ultrasound treatments is a critical decision point for those who are investing in devices for their treatment sites.
- The Foundation has developed a tool to compare the cost of focused ultrasound to other standard-of-care therapies.
- The tool is available to industry to assist in selling focused ultrasound technology to prospective customers and help guide future commercial endeavors.
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April 21, 2022 32nd Annual Pediatric Neurology Update: The Future of Neuroscience 2022, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC
April 28, 2022 Virginia Bio THRiVE, Roanoke, VA
May 1, 2022 Breast Cancer Alliance 5K + Wellness Weekend, Greenwich, CT
May 1-4, 2022 Society for Thermal Medicine (STM) 2022 Annual Meeting | VIRTUAL EVENT
May 3, 2022 National Brain Tumor Society Head to the Hill 2022 | VIRTUAL EVENT
May 7-12, 2022 International Society for Magnetic Resonance In Medicine (ISMRM) Annual Meeting 2022, London, UK
May 23-27, 2022 182nd Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Meeting, Denver, CO
June 7-10, 2022 21st Annual International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU), Toronto, Canada and VIRTUAL
June 11-16, 2022 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
June 19-23, 2022 15th International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society (ISRS) Congress, Milan, Italy
July 10-14, 2022 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
August 14-19, 2022 Gordon Research Conference – In Vivo Ultrasound Imaging, Ventura, CA
October 10-13, 2022 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Venice, Italy
October 23-28, 2022 8th International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound, Bethesda, MD
December 8-11, 2022 International Symposium on Biomolecular Ultrasound and Sonogenetics (ISBUS), Pasadena, CA
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