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A new in silico model to precisely design focused ultrasound brain therapies.

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Authors: Allegra Conti1, Marta Grossi1, Patricia Cardoso De Andrade1, Andrea Duggento1, Nicola Toschi1,2
  1. Medical Physics Section, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome Italy
  2. Athinoula A. Martinos Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts USA
Institutions: University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy); Harvard University (United States); Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (United States)
Journal: Medical physics, volume 53, issue 7, article e70520
Dates: received 25 August 2025; accepted 18 April 2026; published online 24 June 2026; in print July 2026
Type: Research article · Language: English
License: CC BY-NC-ND
Identifiers: DOI 10.1002/mp.70520 · PMID 42339973 · PMCID PMC13292734 · OpenAlex W7165738717
Open access: hybrid, a free copy (OpenAlex)
Status: data only
Categories: other (modality), human (organism)
Methods: Connectivity, Statistics, Machine learning, Spectral & time-frequency, fMRI & imaging
Keywords: blood–brain barrier opening, focused ultrasound, patient‐specific acoustic simulation
MeSH: Brain*, Computer Simulation*, Ultrasonic Therapy*, Blood-Brain Barrier, Humans (* major topic)
Topic: Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (Biomedical Engineering, Engineering), according to OpenAlex
Funding: AIRC‐ italian association for cancer research (MFAG‐24636); European Innovation Council (101070908, 101099355, 101099210); Italian Ministry of University and Research (FISA‐2022‐00899)
Citations: not cited yet (Europe PMC); 69 references in the paper

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Conti, A., Grossi, M., De Andrade, P. C., Duggento, A., & Toschi, N. (2026). A new in silico model to precisely design focused ultrasound brain therapies. Medical physics, 53(7), e70520. https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70520

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@article{conti2026new,
author = {Conti, Allegra and Grossi, Marta and De Andrade, Patricia Cardoso and Duggento, Andrea and Toschi, Nicola},
title = {{A new in silico model to precisely design focused ultrasound brain therapies}},
journal = {Medical physics},
year = {2026},
month = jul,
volume = {53},
number = {7},
pages = {e70520},
publisher = {Wiley},
issn = {0094-2405},
doi = {10.1002/mp.70520},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70520},
pmid = {42339973},
pmcid = {PMC13292734}
}

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J2 - Med Phys
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/07/01
VL - 53
IS - 7
SP - e70520
SN - 0094-2405
PB - Wiley
DO - 10.1002/mp.70520
UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70520
LA - en
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