TY - JOUR AU - Anastasiadis, Pavlos AU - Mohammadabadi, Ali AU - Fishman, Meyer J. AU - Smith, Jesse A. AU - Nguyen, Ben A. AU - Hersh, David S. AU - Frenkel, Victor PY - 2019 DA - 2019/03/28 TI - Design, characterization and evaluation of a laser-guided focused ultrasound system for preclinical investigations JO - BioMedical Engineering OnLine SP - 36 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - The clinical applications of transcranial focused ultrasound continue to expand and include ablation as well as drug delivery applications in the brain, where treatments are typically guided by MRI. Although MRI-guided focused ultrasound systems are also preferred for many preclinical investigations, they are expensive to purchase and operate, and require the presence of a nearby imaging center. For many basic mechanistic studies, however, MRI is not required. The purpose of this study was to design, construct, characterize and evaluate a portable, custom, laser-guided focused ultrasound system for noninvasive, transcranial treatments in small rodents. SN - 1475-925X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12938-019-0656-z DO - 10.1186/s12938-019-0656-z ID - Anastasiadis2019 ER -