title: MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery in musculoskeletal diseases: the hot topics.
abstract: MRI-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is a minimally invasive treatment guided by the most sophisticated imaging tool available in today's clinical practice. Both the imaging and therapeutic sides of the equipment are based on non-ionizing energy. This technique is a very promising option as potential treatment for several pathologies, including musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders. Apart from clinical applications, MRgFUS technology is the result of long, heavy and cumulative efforts exploring the effects of ultrasound on biological tissues and function, the generation of focused ultrasound and treatment monitoring by MRI. The aim of this article is to give an updated overview on a "new" interventional technique and on its applications for MSK and allied sciences.
authors.affiliation: 1 Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The "Rizzoli" Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bazzocchi
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Beatrice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sacconi
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Specialized, Diagnostic, and Experimental Medicine, University of Bologna, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Battista
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Radiology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.|5 Department of Radiology, Scientific Institute "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" Hospital, Foggia, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guglielmi
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Radiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Umberto I Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.affiliation: 1 Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, The "Rizzoli" Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Albisinni
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D059708:Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures