SUMC ShieldSymposium on MR-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

   
Date:  Monday, February 5, 2007

Time:  8:30am - 2:50pm
Special Overview Lecture at Noon - Lunch Provided (RSVP Required)

New Location:
Clark Center S360 (3rd Floor; enter through Peet's Coffee)
Stanford University campus

RSVP:   by February 1st to s.spielman@stanford.edu

Description
A state of the art high intensity focused ultrasound system has just been installed on the 3T MRI in the Department of Radiology (Lucas Center) and we are bringing together leading world experts to describe their experiences with this technology and their vision for the future. The purpose of the symposium is to introduce MRI-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (MR-guided HIFU) to our faculty and students, and to demonstrate both the clinical capabilities and research opportunities for focused ultrasound techniques.

What is MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound?
MR- guided focused ultrasound is a promising technique for the next generation of non-invasive therapy systems. With this technology, ultrasound energy is focused at a point deep within the body. One very exciting use is that it can be used to thermally ablate targeted tissue. This can be done with minimal heat deposition at the skin surface and without skin puncture or incision.  MRI temperature imaging provides real-time control of the treatment.

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Program   


Symposium Moderator
Robert Herfkens, MD
8:30 - 8:35 am Welcome
Gary M. Glazer, MD
8:35 - 9:05 History of HIFU
Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD
9:05 - 9:20 What is MR-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound?
Kim Butts Pauly, PhD
9:20 - 10:00 Overview of the InSightec HIFU Technology
Yoav Medan, PhD, InSightec
10:00 - 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 - 10:50 Focused Ultrasound Treatments of Uterine Fibroids
Gina K. Hesley, M.D
10:50 - 11:10 Hand-held HIFU
Kim Butts Pauly, PhD
11:10 - 11:30 Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (CMUTs)
Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub PhD
11:30 - 11:50 Questions and Answers
11:50 - 12:00 Break - Box Lunches Available
12:00 - 1:00 HIFU Applications in Liver, Spleen, General Abdominal Tumors and Bone
Wladyslaw (Wady) Gedroyc, MD
1:00 - 1:30pm HIFU in Neuro Applications
Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD
1:30 - 1:50pm High Intensity Ultrasound Treatment of Prostate
F. Graham Sommer, MD
1:50 - 2:35pm Focused Ultrasound Treatment of Prostate
Clare Tempany, MD
2:35 - 2:50 Future of MR-guided HIFU
Kobi Vortman, InSightec
 

Speakers


Wladyslaw Gedroyc, MD
Professor of Radiology
Imperial College London and
St Mary’s Hospital

Gina K. Hesley, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Radiology
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD.
B. Leonard Holman Professor of Radiology
Vice Chairman for Research
Director, Division of MRI and Image Guided Therapy Program
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Butrus T. Khuri-Yakub PhD
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

Yoav Medan, PhD
Vice President Advanced Development
InSightec

Kim Butts Pauly Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

F. Graham Sommer, MD
Professor of Radiology
Stanford University School of Medicine

Clare Tempany, MD
Director of Clinical MRI
Brigham & Women's hospital
Professor of Radiology 
Harvard Medical School

Kobi Vortman, PhD
President and CEO
InSightec