Focused ultrasound surgery-induced vascular occlusion in fetal medicine

Ian H. Rivens; Ian Rowland; Mark Denbow; Nicholas M. Fisk; Martin O. Leach; Gail R. ter Haar

doi:10.1117/12.304350

2 April 1998 Focused ultrasound surgery-induced vascular occlusion in fetal medicine

Ian H. Rivens, Ian Rowland, Mark Denbow, Nicholas M. Fisk, Martin O. Leach, Gail R. ter Haar

Proceedings Volume 3249, Surgical Applications of Energy; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304350
Event: BiOS '98 International Biomedical Optics Symposium, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Aim: This study investigates whether it is possible to occlude blood flow in vivo using high intensity focused ultrasound surgery (FUS). Such an effect could be used in the non-invasive treatment of fetal dysfunctions. Conclusion: Our ability to curtail blood flow using FUS allows the possibility of non-invasively treating feto-fetal transfusion syndrome by occluding the placental shunt vessels responsible for the vascular imbalance in twins sharing a placenta. This would have advantages over currently available interventional treatments (surgery or intrauterine lasers), which have significant related mortality and morbidity.

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Ian H. Rivens, Ian Rowland, Mark Denbow, Nicholas M. Fisk, Martin O. Leach, and Gail R. ter Haar "Focused ultrasound surgery-induced vascular occlusion in fetal medicine", Proc. SPIE 3249, Surgical Applications of Energy, (2 April 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.304350

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