ExAblate using MRgFUS for the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Click on the following links to view webcasts for physicians discussing non-invasive surgery using MR guided focused ultrasound technology.

Current developments in MR guided focused ultrasound
(Prof. Wladyslaw Gedroyc , Director and Consultant Radiologist, St. Mary’s Therapy and Imaging Ltd., St. Mary’s Hospital, London)

The potential of MRgFUS as a non-invasive technology for image guided oncology indications
(Prof. Andreas Melzer, Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, Dundee)

MR guided focused ultrasound for prostate cancer, initial clinical experience
(Prof. Christopher Cheng, Head and Senior Consultant, Dept of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)

Overview of palliative MRgFUS treatment of painful bone metastases in Spain
(Dr. E. Gomez, Gonzalez, Instituto Cartuja de Tecnicas Avanzadas en Medicina‚ Seville‚ Spain).

Clinician interview: Matthias Matzko, MD, Amper Kliniken AG, Dachau, Germany 
Matthias Matzko, MD has emerged as a leading European advocate for MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS). In his native Germany, he has also played a key role in eliminating one of the most challenging barriers to widespread adoption of the MRgFUS technology: reimbursement. 
Head of Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology at the 450-bed Amper Kliniken AG in Dachau, Matzko immediately recognized the potential of focused ultrasound and wanted to offer it at his hospital’s Myomzentrum, a center for the treatment of uterine myoma (fibroids), which had opened in June 2008. The center was already performing uterine artery embolization, myomectomy and hysterectomy. 

Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, MD, Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration cites MR guided Focused Ultrasound as one of the key priorities for advancing medical device innovation, in a report to Congress.
Download the report.

Presentations about MRgFUS given by physicians at the MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery Symposium, October 2010, Washington DC, USA.

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