Ricerc@Sapienza

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound is one of the emerging non-invasive technologies offering both image guidance and thermal monitoring. In recent years transcranial application of this technology is starting to impact heavily the neuroscience field. We present here the imaging protocol and the technological methods successfully used with a transcranial magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound system certified for clinical treatments of functional neurological disorders, integrated for the first time with a 1.5T magnetic resonance scanner.

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) systems shall be periodically calibrated and
their performance verified, in accordance with the recommendations and
specifications of the manufacturer. Nevertheless, most GPR owners in Europe
employ their instrumentation for years without ever having it checked by the
manufacturer, unless major flaws or problems become evident, according to the
results of a survey carried out in the context of COST (European Cooperation in
Science and Technology) Action TU1208 “Civil engineering applications of