‘Minimally-Invasive Gynecologic Surgery: MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound for Adenomyosis, and Other Engineering Challenges’<\/p>\n
Speakers:<\/p>\n
Dr. Ted L\u00a0Anderson, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
\nDr. William Grissom, PhD Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n
Location: Stevenson Center 5326; Time:\u00a0 11:50 (lunch), noon (seminar start)<\/p>\n
Abstract:<\/p>\n
Adenomyosis is a common gynecological disorder that usually affects premenopausal women over 30\u00a0years of age, and is characterized by the infiltration of endometrial glands and stroma into the muscular\u00a0body of the uterus.\u00a0Hysterectomy is the definitive treatment for adenomyosis, but the disorder is increasingly\u00a0diagnosed in women who wish to preserve their fertility. For those women there is currently no effective\u00a0treatment option. The success of magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) in\u00a0treating uterine fibroids makes it an attractive potential treatment for adenomyosis. However, because\u00a0adenomyotic glands are smaller and more widely distributed throughout the myometrium, current MRgFUS\u00a0systems lack the precision and efficiency to treat the disorder in a clinically-feasible time while ensuring that\u00a0adjacent myometrial and overlying endometrial tissues are not damaged.<\/p>\n
We will present our current progress in developing new real-time MR imaging and FUS control approaches to enable\u00a0safe and complete MRgFUS treatment of adenomyosis. With these developments, MRgFUS could become the first\u00a0fertility-preserving treatment option of this disorder<\/p>\n
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