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Restoring Neurological Physiology: The Innovative Role of High-Energy MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound (HIMRgFUS). Preliminary Data from a New Method of Lesioning Surgery

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  1. Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, Palermo, 90100, Italy

    Antonella Giugno MD, Rosario Maugeri MD PhD, Francesca Graziano MD & Domenico Gerardo Iacopino MD, PhD

  2. Section of Radiological Sciences, DIBIMED, University of Palermo, Palermo, 90127, Italy

    Cesare Gagliardo MD & Massimo Midiri MD, PhD

  3. Unit of Functional and Stereotactic Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “Carlo Besta”, Milan, Italy

    Angelo Franzini MD, PhD

  4. Department of Radiological, Oncological and Anatomopathological Sciences, Radiology, Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Carlo Catalano MD, PhD

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  1. Institute of Neurosurgery Medical School, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimiliano Visocchi

  2. Dept. of Neurosurgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    H. Maximilian Mehdorn

  3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

  4. Medical Faculty University of Münster, Münster, Germany

    Klaus R. H. von Wild

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Giugno, A. et al. (2017). Restoring Neurological Physiology: The Innovative Role of High-Energy MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound (HIMRgFUS). Preliminary Data from a New Method of Lesioning Surgery. In: Visocchi, M., Mehdorn, H.M., Katayama, Y., von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_9

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