title: Is there still a role for lesioning in functional neurosurgery? Preliminary Italian (and world-first) experience with a trans-cranial MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery system operating at 1.5 Tesla.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Unit, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy - gerardo.iacopino@unipa.it.
authors.forename: Domenico G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Iacopino
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Unit, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giugno
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Unit, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maugeri
authors.affiliation: Unit of Radiological Sciences, Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gagliardo
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgical Clinic &quot;Istituto Neurologico &quot;C. Besta&quot;, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franzini
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.affiliation: Unit of Radiological Sciences, Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Midiri
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation / Q000639:trends; D020329:Essential Tremor / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000601:surgery; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000639:trends*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography