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Use Of Focused Ultrasound For Transcranial Sonothrombolysis, Golnaz Ahadi
Use Of Focused Ultrasound For Transcranial Sonothrombolysis, Golnaz Ahadi
Wayne State University Dissertations
Worldwide, stroke is the second most common cause of death. Ischemic stroke remains accountable for the majority of the 20 million devastating stroke events occurring globally each year. Use of transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) for sonothrombolysis is a new research field for ischemic stroke treatment. If shown to be effective, FUS sonothrombolysis could become a widely available treatment option for the majority of the stroke sufferers that do not qualify or do not have access to current thrombolytic treatment options, such as tPA or neurointerventional methods.
The current study was an in vitro transcranial FUS headsystem investigation for the potential …