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The arrival of the first european research prototype of a Transcranial
Magnetic Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound System at the MR-Center of the
University Children's Hospital, Zurich on June, 15th was covered by local
and national media.
The installation day of the new device turned out to be a thrilling one
for Project Leader Prof. Dr. Daniel Jeanmonod, neurosurgent at the
Neurosugical Clinic of the University Hospital Zurich an Project Partner
Prof. Dr. Ernst Martin, radiologist at the MR-Center of the University
Children's Hospital, Zurich due to the strong interest of Swiss print media
and TV
interviews for the premier national TV-channel SF1 (Tagesschau).
The complex high-tech system built by the israely medtech firm InSightec
enables the Co-Me researchers to introduce Transcranial Magnetic
Resonance-guided Focused Ultrasound into clinical medicine for neurosurgical
treatment of brain diseases. At the Children's Hospital the device will be
integrated into a 3.0T MR-system in a clinical setting in order to
demonstrate the feasibility of fully non-invasive treatment of functional
brain disorders using TcMRgFUS technology.
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