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Individuals with essential tremor (ET) may experience significant tremor of the hands, which can impair a person's ability to perform daily tasks, such as writing, drinking coffee, and eating.
Focused Ultrasound is a medical imaging treatment for patients who suffer from essential tremor.
Focused ultrasound is performed while the patient is awake. It is a non-invasive, non-surgical procedure that involves radiofrequency-focused beams of acoustic energy-to heat and destroy a small, targeted area of tissue in the brain without harming adjacent tissues. To ensure patient safety, focused ultrasound uses an MRI thermal imaging system that measures temperature changes in the skull.
This procedure allows the physician to perform a safe and effective non-invasive therapy with little to no harm to the surrounding tissue and with minimal side effects.
Cheers to Jordan who can now drink, eat, and write after his focused ultrasound treatment!
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