HIFU is a non-surgical and non-invasive procedure to treat patients with movement disorders, including essential tremor or Parkinson’s disease. It involves shooting ultrasounds through the skull to lesion the brain areas that are causing the symptoms.
Preparation before the procedure
Once our specialists have determined the patient's suitability for this technique, we will perform a 3 Tesla (maximum resolution) MRI scan, brain tractography, and volumetry. With these non-invasive tests, our medical team will accurately determine the exact submillimetric point of the brain on which to act. Each patient will also attend preparatory consultations for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Procedure
Neuro-Hifu applies ultrasound beams at high temperatures, like a lens that concentrates the sun rays, acting with precision on neuronal cells that cause the movement, without surgery and painlessly. During the operation, lasting 1.5 - 2 hours, the patient remains awake and interacts with the medical team. After the treatment, our Neurology specialist will examine them and evaluate the results.
Harvey, a British patient affected by Parkinson’s disease, suffered incapacitating tremor for seven years. He has been treated in Clínicas Ascires (Valencia, Spain) with HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasounds).
How is HIFU performed?
Ascires Biomedical Group
HIFU
It is based on the use of high-intensity focused ultrasounds that target the brain area causing the symptoms.
Driven by the pioneer in Neuro-HIFU technique, Dr. Lozano, Chairman of Neurosurgery at Toronto Western Hospital and Medical Advisor of Ascires
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NON-surgical procedure
Diagnostic tests
In a single session
Ascires Universitats,
pioneers in Neuro-HIFU technique in Spain
Located in the stunning city of Valencia, our Ascires Universitats clinic has pioneered the use of HIFU for movement disorders in Spain.
Our clinic has cutting-edge medical technology that combines artificial intelligence with the most advanced equipment in MRI (3T) to ensure maximum precision during the procedure.
Address:
C. de Menéndez y Pelayo, 25, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Telephone:
+34 963 40 47 90
With over a 50-year trajectory, Ascires is a pioneer biomedical group in Genetics, Diagnostic Imaging, and Nuclear Medicine. It develops its activity in its network of Biomedical Clinics in the Valencian Community and Catalonia (Cetir Ascires), as well as for public and private hospitals.
Ascires reinvest an average of 15% of its profits in R+D+i. An investment effort that allows us to incorporate the latest advances in precision medicine, with continuous innovation in the development of artificial intelligence biomarkers and diagnostic algorithms, which integrate genomic, clinical, and diagnostic imaging data.
NO convalescence
Immediately visible results
Painless
