Key Points
- Distinguished editors from the Institute of Cancer Research and the University of Oxford recently published a comprehensive new focused ultrasound textbook.
- The book describes the various mechanisms of focused ultrasound, along with the bioeffects and clinical applications of each mechanism.
Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy: Physics and Clinical Applications, 1st Edition
Edited By Feng Wu, MD, PhD, Gail ter Haar, DSc, and Ian Rivens, PhD
A comprehensive new focused ultrasound textbook was published this year. The editors – focused ultrasound experts from the Institute for Cancer Research (ICR) and the University of Oxford – invited world experts to write each chapter with the goal of presenting the latest clinical outcomes of using focused ultrasound for the treatment of benign and malignant diseases.
“This book is a great primer for anyone entering the field of focused ultrasound,” said Emily White, MD, the Foundation’s managing director for operations and FUS Partners. “It would be appropriate for grad students, post-docs, and for new hires at focused ultrasound manufacturers, sales teams, and distributors. It is a good reference to have on anyone’s bookcase!”
The book describes the fundamental physics behind the various mechanisms of focused ultrasound, along with the bioeffects and clinical applications of each mechanism. Ablation, hyperthermia, drug delivery, sonoporation, histotripsy, cancer immunotherapy, and the interaction between microbubbles and ultrasound are all included.
The specific use of focused ultrasound therapy for more than ten indications is also described. These chapters cover the current clinical guidelines for indications, contraindications, patient selection, the treatment procedure, follow-up, and the expected imaging changes after treatment.
Chapters/Table of Contents
- Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy: Past, Current and Future.
- Physical Principles of Focused Ultrasound Therapy.
- Mechanisms for Induction of Bio-Effects of Focused Ultrasound in Tissue.
- Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy: Physics and Clinical Applications.
- Calibration and quality assurance for high intensity focused ultrasound fields.
- Numerical Modelling for Simulation and Planning of Focused Ultrasound Treatments.
- Ultrasound Monitoring Techniques for Focused Ultrasound Therapy.
- Extracorporeal Ultrasound-guided HIFU Devices — Clinical Application, Treatment Planning and B-mode Ultrasound for Real-time Monitoring and Controlling of Treatment.
- Imaging Assessments of Tumour Response and Treatment Outcome after High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation.
- Focused Ultrasound Treatment of the Prostate: Devices and Clinical Results.
- Ultrasound-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Uterine Fibroids.
- Clinical Application of Ultrasound-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Liver Tumours.
- Clinical Application of Ultrasound-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Kidney Tumours.
- Clinical Application of Ultrasound-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Pancreatic Cancer.
- Clinical Application of Ultrasound-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Breast Tumours.
- Clinical Application of Ultrasound-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Primary Bone Malignancies and Soft Tissue Sarcomas.
- Clinical Extracorporeal MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Systems: Treatment Planning, Therapy Delivery, and Online Monitoring via Thermometry and Thermal Dose Mapping.
- Clinical Application of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Uterine Fibroids.
- Clinical Application of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Tumours in the Breast.
- Clinical Application of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Ablation for Bone Metastasis.
- Clinical Application of MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy in the Brain.
- Sonoporation: Concept, Mechanisms and Application to Cancer Treatment.
- Nano/Microbubble-assisted Ultrasound for Drug Delivery in Cancer.
- Anaesthesia, Ventilation and immobilisation Strategies for Focused Ultrasound Therapy (with special reference to high frequency ventilation).
- Triggered Temperature-Sensitive Liposome Release by Focused Ultrasound for Localised Drug Delivery.
- Transcranial Ultrasound-Mediated Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption for Targeted Drug Delivery.
- Histotripsy: Focused Ultrasound Therapy by Mechanical Tissue Fractionation.
- Focused Ultrasound Ablation Enhancement of Specific Anti-Tumour Immunity.
- Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Treatment of Pain.
Image-Guided Focused Ultrasound Therapy: Physics and Clinical Applications is part of a series on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering.
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