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Originally Posted by lurkingforacure
I think it has huge potential too, and it's really exciting. I just don't know how they determine where to focus the ultrasound laser beam for each individual person: with DBS, you are awake and they can move the electrodes around to find the optimal placement with no damage, with this procedure, I don't think it works like that. But correct me if I'm wrong, maybe I am misunderstanding the procedure.
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I think you are mostly correct. I do know that the patient is awake during the procedure and they are monitoring its effects real time so they know if they have the right spot or if there are problems. But, as you said, it may be irreversible. Still seems much safer to me than DBS, and the early results with Essential Tremor have been excellent. It certainly bears watching.
This is some info that you've probably seen already on the ExAblate Neuro:
http://www.insightec.com/contentMana...hite_paper.pdf