Talk:Focused ultrasound/Archive 1

Proposed merge with Hifu
Copied from talk:hifu:
 * ''I suggest to merge this article with HIFU as it covers the same subject. 21:04, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * ''I agree, both technically and stylistically (acronyms should only be fully capitalized). 16:47, 15 Jun 2006 (UTC)
 * ''I also agree.


 * Agree - Jack (talk) 23:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I did the merge. Anthony Appleyard 17:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound
Copied from talk:Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound:
 * ''I suggest that this article should be merged with HIFU. I see no good reason to keep these articles separate. Ekem 21:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Agree - Jack (talk) 23:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree with both. --WS 19:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I did the merge. Anthony Appleyard 17:59, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Moved from Talk:Mrgfus
If the Wikipedia reader's interests are of concern, this material should be merged with Magnetic Resonance Imaging or with Ultrasound (or at both), as an example of usage of the concepts. As "Mr. Goofus" it's unlikely ever to be seen. --Wetman 08:22, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Someone did the merge. Anthony Appleyard 18:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Lens?
In the section on Aiming there is a link to the lens disambiguation page. I am attempting to clean up the incoming links to this page but I don't know where you want this page to point? lens (optics)? The best I can tell such a setup creates a large bubble of gas with a different speed of sound creating a diffraction at the boundry. If so lens (optics) would probably be correct. Maybe someone should create a lens (acoustic) page? Speed8ump 22:00, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

The acoustic lens is a specially shaped piece of solid material with a different speed of sound compared to the body tissue. The focusing works by refraction, not diffraction. The principle is very similar to the optical lens. A page for lens (acoustic) could usefuly describe what materials are used, any difficulties encountered, etc. A Lens is used in many imaging and doppler ultrasound systems too, either on its own, or combined with electronic focusing.194.82.50.2 (talk) 08:26, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Adverse Effects?
Why aren't any of the adverse effects listed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.70.81 (talk) 05:05, 16 May 2009 (UTC) Yes I wondered this also but from experience where available HIFU (very limited access in the UK)the modality is only used for salvage treatment as data is limited within my own sphere of interest i.e prostate cancers..but adverse seem minor but life expectancy of patients limits study

There are known adverse effects that sometimes occur. See the safety section of the guidance documents from the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence such as this on treatment for prostate cancer or this for uterine fibroids194.82.50.2 (talk) 08:51, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Approved by FDA
There's an inconsistency with the date of approval HIFU treatment for uterine fibroids by FDA. The page states 'October 2004', while the page Uterine fibroids says "This technique is relatively new; it was approved by the FDA in 2005." Please take care of it. (I don't feel I'm familiar with the topic to make corrections by myself.) 62.63.84.113 19:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Refer to Insightec.com/news/2004 FDA approval was October 2004 for Fibroids. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 171.65.34.161 (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Found FDA page for approval, linked. Tkech (talk) 18:34, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Major Changes
I have been working through the article, trying to make major changes to clean up the article. I also added a section on theory at the first. If anyone wants to discuss these changes, please leave a comment on my talk page. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjc16 (talk • contribs) 05:08, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Acronym for "FUS"
I believe it should be Focused Ultrasound Surgery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.36.247.45 (talk) 10:21, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Hello, "FUS" stands for: "Focused Ultrasound." I personally underwent this procedure and my medical team is currently in the midst of an official Clinical Trial for HIFU/MRgFUS. The official/medical definition of these acronyms is outlined in the Clinical Trial write-up here: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/study/NCT01965002?term=NCT01965002&rank=1#contacts 73.185.67.98 (talk) 10:21, 16 August 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
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 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090807071512/http://www.ushifu.com:80/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3 to http://www.ushifu.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3

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External links modified
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 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20131005002114/http://new.fusfoundation.org/Focused-Ultrasound-Technology-News/philips-sonalleve-receives-ce-mark-for-mr-guided-focused-ultrasound-ablation-of-metastatic-bone-cancer to http://new.fusfoundation.org/Focused-Ultrasound-Technology-News/philips-sonalleve-receives-ce-mark-for-mr-guided-focused-ultrasound-ablation-of-metastatic-bone-cancer

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Article Cleaning
The article needs significant cleaning and retooling. Specifically, the "Further Reading" section is a jumbled list of journal article references.

Ultrasound does not break up kidney stones. Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy uses shock waves, not sound waves, for lithotripsy. See Wikipedia page on shock wave lithotripsy for explanation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.96.49.16 (talk) 14:44, 15 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, this article has a long way to go, to be a solid WP article, sourced to high quality secondary sources. Yes. Jytdog (talk) 18:31, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Needs FUS context
This article needs to be placed in a more general context of Focused Ultra-Sound (FUS). Surprisingly, there is, as yet, no article - of the 81 in the category "Medical Ultrasonography" - of that name. Specific mention needs to be made of LIFUS, i.e. Low-Intensity Focused Ultra-Sound; and of the use of FUS for transient crossing of the Blood-brain barrier (BBB) to deliver therapeutics to the brain, e.g. to target tumours.

I have no expertise in this field, just a personal interest in available treatments for brain tumours, and had hoped to find a more accessible overview of FUS techniques, to enable me to conduct an informed conversation with our family's medical specialists.

Considering the length of time that medical ultrasound has been available, it's rather surprising (and not a little frustrating) that its application to treating brain tumours have been so slow in coming.

Perhaps an expert will step up and provide an overview article? (Ideally, soon!)

yoyo (talk) 06:41, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

"non-ionizing" ultrasonic waves
The first paragraph starts with "HIFU uses non-ionizing ultrasonic waves". To some it may seem redundant because sound waves themselves are non-ionizing but sonoluminescence even in medical ultrasound can reach ionizing wavelengths. I think the "non-ionizing" part was added by mistake while trying to hint the reader that HIFU has nothing to do with radiation therapy. 2A02:85F:F55E:5100:A15B:9249:BBA:BDB2 (talk) 15:06, 6 August 2022 (UTC)


 * This article needs Basic Physical knowledge before medical consideration.
 * The fomula are very basic but those are not apply these explanation.
 * Totally FAKE. 118.238.237.218 (talk) 15:47, 27 January 2023 (UTC)