What is MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment?

Nicklaus Children's Hospital is studying the safety and feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR) guided focused ultrasound technology - an incision-free technique- to treat centrally located brain tumors in children and young adults.

MR guided focused ultrasound is an approved therapy for adults with essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease. 

The Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute project is an investigational device exemption (IDE) study of the use of focused ultrasound for the treatment of benign intracranial tumors in patients between 8 and 22 years of age.  The research study, which began in 2017, has so far treated five patients ranging from 15 to 22 years of age.


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