Science Café | High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound 04-22-21

Using recently developed MRI techniques that can precisely target a small area in the brain, doctors are able to use High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to provide targeted treatments for movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. In our first Science Café of 2021, we learned how this leading-edge technology – the only one of its kind in Texas – has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and is changing the landscape in treating the brain. 

Speakers: Richard B. Dewey, Jr., M.D., Professor of Neurology and Director, Clinical Center for Movement Disorders and Bhavya R. Shah, M.D., Assistant Professor of Radiology and Neurosurgery

[louiellopez]

Thank you for this video regarding HIFU. I lived in the Philippines. I was diagnosed of XDP (X Chromosome Linked Dystonia Parkinsonism) and looking at this new treatment by HIFU.