First Depression Clinical Trial with Focused Ultrasound Begins
Charlottesville, VA ? September 29, 2015 -- The first patient with depression has been treated with focused ultrasound.
This procedure marks the beginning of a pilot clinical trial to determine the feasibility and safety of MR-guided focused ultrasound to non-invasively destroy a small volume of tissue deep in the brain ? the anterior limb of the internal capsule ? a well-established target for treating severe depression. In this initial patient, the target was successfully ablated without complications...
Charlottesville, VA ? September 29, 2015 -- The first patient with depression has been treated with focused ultrasound.
This procedure marks the beginning of a pilot clinical trial to determine the feasibility and safety of MR-guided focused ultrasound to non-invasively destroy a small volume of tissue deep in the brain ? the anterior limb of the internal capsule ? a well-established target for treating severe depression. In this initial patient, the target was successfully ablated without complications...