Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Novel NIBS in psychiatry: Unveiling TUS and TI for research and treatment

Faissal Sharif, Catherine J Harmer, Miriam C. Klein-Flügge, Huiling Tan

Brain and Neuroscience Advances.2025;[Epub] CrossRef

Ultra-short time-echo based ray tracing for transcranial focused ultrasound aberration correction in human calvaria

Thomas J Manuel, Thomas Bancel, Thomas Tiennot, Mélanie Didier, Mathieu Santin, Maxime Daniel, David Attali, Mickael Tanter, Stéphane Lehéricy, Nadya Pyatigorskaya, Jean-François Aubry

Physics in Medicine & Biology.2025; 70(7): 075006. CrossRef

Expert Review of Medical Devices.2025; 22(5): 467. CrossRef

Ultrasonic conductivity of the skull bones as a factor limiting the performance of operations using focused ultrasound in central nervous system diseases: Endocrinologist's view

G. M. Sakharova, R. M. Galimova, A. N. Khatmullina, D. I. Nabiullina, A. A. Bikbulatova, I. V. Buzaev, D. Sh. Avzaletdinova

MR-guided focused ultrasound in movement disorders and beyond: Lessons learned and new frontiers

Elena Natera-Villalba, María-Agustina Ruiz-Yanzi, Carmen Gasca-Salas, Michele Matarazzo, Raúl Martínez-Fernández

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.2024; 122: 106040. CrossRef

The evolution of ventral intermediate nucleus targeting in MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: an international multi-center evaluation

Ayesha Jameel, Sena Akgun, Nada Yousif, Joely Smith, Brynmor Jones, Dipankar Nandi, Peter Bain, Wladyslaw Gedroyc

Delayed clinical response to focused ultrasound thalamotomy in essential tremor in a patient with suboptimal skull density ratio – A case report

Elma A. Chowdhury, Vijay Sivan, Rohit Prem Kumar, Francis F. Ruzicka IV, Hooman Azmi

Surgical Neurology International.2024; 15: 406. CrossRef

Effect of skull porosity on ultrasound transmission and wave mode conversion at large incidence angles

Bowen Jing, Stephan Strassle Rojas, Brooks D. Lindsey

Tremor suppression following treatment with MRgFUS: skull density ratio consistency and degree of posterior dentatorubrothalamic tract lesioning predicts long-term clinical outcomes in essential tremor

Kain Kyle, Jerome Maller, Yael Barnett, Benjamin Jonker, Michael Barnett, Arkiev D’Souza, Fernando Calamante, Joel Maamary, James Peters, Chenyu Wang, Stephen Tisch

A rapid element pressure field simulation method for transcranial phase correction in focused ultrasound therapy

Physics in Medicine & Biology.2023; 68(23): 235015. CrossRef

Improving Sonication Efficiency in Transcranial MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment: A Patient-Data Simulation Study

Focused ultrasound: growth potential and future directions in neurosurgery

Michael Zhang, Adrian Rodrigues, Quan Zhou, Gordon Li

Journal of Neuro-Oncology.2022; 156(1): 23. CrossRef

Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor in the Setting of Prior Craniotomy

Connor Wathen, Andrew I. Yang, Frederick L. Hitti, Lenora Henry, Hanane Chaibainou, Gordon H. Baltuch

Non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation for neuromodulation

G. Darmani, T.O. Bergmann, K. Butts Pauly, C.F. Caskey, L. de Lecea, A. Fomenko, E. Fouragnan, W. Legon, K.R. Murphy, T. Nandi, M.A. Phipps, G. Pinton, H. Ramezanpour, J. Sallet, S.N. Yaakub, S.S. Yoo, R. Chen

Commentary: Feasibility of Magnetic Resonance–Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor in the Setting of Prior Craniotomy

Operative Neurosurgery.2022; 22(3): e147. CrossRef

Technical Comparison of Treatment Efficiency of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy in Skull Density Ratio-Matched Patient Cohorts

Abdul-Kareem Ahmed, Sijia Guo, Nathaniel Kelm, Ryan Clanton, Elias R. Melhem, Rao P. Gullapalli, Alexander Ksendzovsky, Howard M. Eisenberg, Timothy R. Miller, Dheeraj Gandhi

Numerical Evaluation of the Effects of Transducer Displacement on Transcranial Focused Ultrasound in the Rat Brain

Increasing the transmission efficiency of transcranial ultrasound using a dual-mode conversion technique based on Lamb waves

Ki Chang Kang, Young Hun Kim, Jeong Nyeon Kim, Minoo Kabir, Yichi Zhang, Pejman Ghanouni, Kwan Kyu Park, Kamyar Firouzi, Burtus T. Khuri-Yakub

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.2022; 151(3): 2159. CrossRef

Clinical Intervention Using Focused Ultrasound (FUS) Stimulation of the Brain in Diverse Neurological Disorders

Hongchae Baek, Daniel Lockwood, Emily Jo Mason, Emmanuel Obusez, Matthew Poturalski, Richard Rammo, Sean J. Nagel, Stephen E. Jones

Cutoff values for the best management strategy for magnetic resonance–guided focused ultrasound ablation for essential tremor

Jun Torii, Satoshi Maesawa, Daisuke Nakatsubo, Takahiko Tsugawa, Sachiko Kato, Tomotaka Ishizaki, Sou Takai, Masashi Shibata, Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Takashi Tsuboi, Masashi Suzuki, Ryuta Saito

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Nature Reviews Neurology.2021; 17(1): 7. CrossRef

Safety and Efficacy of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery With Autofocusing Echo Imaging

Kyung Won Chang, Itay Rachmilevitch, Won Seok Chang, Hyun Ho Jung, Eyal Zadicario, Oleg Prus, Jin Woo Chang

Commentary: Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Refractory Essential Tremor: A Japanese Multicenter Single-Arm Study

Stephano J Chang, Corneliu C Luca, Jonathan R Jagid

Transcranial focused ultrasound phase correction using the hybrid angular spectrum method

Steven A. Leung, David Moore, Taylor D. Webb, John Snell, Pejman Ghanouni, Kim Butts Pauly

Lesion 3D modeling in transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy

Miguel López-Aguirre, Jaime Caballero-Insaurriaga, Daniele Urso, Rafael Rodríguez-Rojas, Jorge U. Máñez-Miró, Marta Del-Alamo, Itay Rachmilevitch, Raúl Martínez-Fernández, José A. Pineda-Pardo

Magnetic Resonance Imaging.2021; 80: 71. CrossRef

The Distribution of Skull Score and Skull Density Ratio in Tremor Patients for MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy

Kevin Wen-Kai Tsai, Jui-Cheng Chen, Hui-Chin Lai, Wei-Chieh Chang, Takaomi Taira, Jin Woo Chang, Cheng-Yu Wei

Comparison Between Ray-Tracing and Full-Wave Simulation for Transcranial Ultrasound Focusing on a Clinical System Using the Transfer Matrix Formalism

Thomas Bancel, Alexandre Houdouin, Philippe Annic, Itay Rachmilevitch, Yeruham Shapira, Mickael Tanter, Jean-Francois Aubry

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control.2021; 68(7): 2554. CrossRef

Prognostic value of brain tissues’ volumes in patients with essential tremor treated with MRgFUS thalamotomy

E. Tommasino, F. Bruno, A. Catalucci, M. Varrassi, P. Sucapane, D. Cerone, F. Pistoia, E. Di Cesare, A. Barile, A. Ricci, C. Marini, C. Masciocchi, A Splendiani

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.2021; 92: 33. CrossRef

A. S. Tokarev, E. N. Rozhnova, M. V. Sinkin, A. A. Tomskiy, V. A. Rak, V. N. Stepanov, O. A. Viktorova

Russian neurological journal.2021; 26(4): 4. CrossRef

Patient‐specific effects on sonication heating efficiency during magnetic resonance‐guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy

Andrew I. Yang, Frederick L. Hitti, Opeyemi O. Alabi, Disha Joshi, Hanane Chaibainou, Lenora Henry, Ryan Clanton, Gordon H. Baltuch

Lesion location and lesion creation affect outcomes after focused ultrasound thalamotomy

David J Segar, Asad M Lak, Shane Lee, Maya Harary, Vamsidhar Chavakula, Peter Lauro, Nathan McDannold, Jason White, G Rees Cosgrove

Factors Associated with Energy Efficiency of Focused Ultrasound Through the Skull: A Study of 3D-Printed Skull Phantoms and Its Comparison with Clinical Experiences

Chanho Kong, So Hee Park, Jaewoo Shin, Hee Gyu Baek, Juyoung Park, Young Cheol Na, Won Seok Chang, Jin Woo Chang

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.2021;[Epub] CrossRef

Technical and operative factors affecting magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy for essential tremor: experience from 250 treatments

Myung Ji Kim, So Hee Park, Kyung Won Chang, Yuhee Kim, Jing Gao, Maya Kovalevsky, Itay Rachmilevitch, Eyal Zadicario, Won Seok Chang, Hyun Ho Jung, Jin Woo Chang

Journal of Neurosurgery.2021; 135(6): 1780. CrossRef

Correction of the skull density ratio for transcranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound thalamotomy: clinical significance of predicting therapeutic temperature

Hiroki Hori, Hirokazu Iwamuro, Masayuki Nakano, Takahiro Ouchi, Takashi Kawahara, Takaomi Taira, Keiichi Abe, Ken Iijima, Toshio Yamaguchi

Journal of Neurosurgery.2021; 135(5): 1436. CrossRef

Transcranial Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment at 1.5 T: A Retrospective Study on Treatment- and Patient-Related Parameters Obtained From 52 Procedures

Cesare Gagliardo, Maurizio Marrale, Costanza D'Angelo, Roberto Cannella, Giorgio Collura, Gerardo Iacopino, Marco D'Amelio, Alessandro Napoli, Tommaso Vincenzo Bartolotta, Carlo Catalano, Roberto Lagalla, Massimo Midiri

Minimally invasive therapeutic ultrasound: Ultrasound-guided ultrasound ablation in neuro-oncology

Micah Belzberg, Smruti Mahapatra, Alexander Perdomo‐Pantoja, Francisco Chavez, Kyle Morrison, Kah Timothy Xiong, Nao J. Gamo, Stephen Restaino, Nitish Thakor, Youseph Yazdi, Rajiv Iyer, Betty Tyler, Nicholas Theodore, Mark G. Luciano, Henry Brem, Mari Gro

Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Capsulotomy for Treatment-Resistant Psychiatric Disorders

Benjamin Davidson, Clement Hamani, Yuexi Huang, Ryan M Jones, Ying Meng, Peter Giacobbe, Nir Lipsman

Operative Neurosurgery.2020; 19(6): 741. CrossRef

Echo‐Focusing in Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: A Feasibility Study

Ryan M. Jones, Yuexi Huang, Ying Meng, Nadia Scantlebury, Michael L. Schwartz, Nir Lipsman, Kullervo Hynynen

Technical and radiographic considerations for magnetic resonance imaging–guided focused ultrasound capsulotomy

Benjamin Davidson, Karim Mithani, Yuexi Huang, Ryan M. Jones, Maged Goubran, Ying Meng, John Snell, Kullervo Hynynen, Clement Hamani, Nir Lipsman

Journal of Neurosurgery.2020; 135(1): 291. CrossRef

Variations in targeting techniques of focused ultrasound for use in neuromodulation

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound: A Satisfactory, Non-invasive Procedure for Crow’s Feet Wrinkles