First Depression Clinical Trial with Focused Ultrasound (brain tissue destruction) Begins

[Emily]

http://www.fusfoundation.org/news/1...clinical-trial-with-focused-ultrasound-begins

[h=2]First Depression Clinical Trial with Focused Ultrasound Begins[/h]

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...