ISTU 2009 - Aix en Provence

Thank you to all authors who submitted their research work(s) to ISTU 2009.
The quality of abstracts and presentations given made this edition to be a real success!

Now is the time for authors to prepare their article(s) to be published in the proceedings. This year, publication will be made through the American Institute of Physics.

Guidelines for the ISTU 2009 Proceedings

We warmly thank the ISTU 2009 Sponsors for their support to this 9^th edition of our annual meeting. Their commitment made it possible to keep registration prices down for students and it also allowed the rental of adapted facilities and services to host this edition. The contribution from the industry made it possible also to invite key international speakers to share their expertise with all participants.

As you may know, the first goal of the International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU) is to increase and diffuse knowledge to the scientific and medical community; its second goal is to facilitate the translation of therapeutic ultrasound techniques into the clinical arena for the benefit of patients. Thanks to the support from our sponsors, the ISTU 2009 has prooved to be very efficient in serving both aims.

ISTU 2009 thanks its invited guest speakers!

This year, the ISTU 2009 organization was really honored to welcome worldwide known experts on HIFU, ultrasound therapies and innovative minimally invasise surgical techniques. Dr Feng Wu exposed a global clinical vision of the role of the HIFU technology, and 5 technical aspects of HIFU were presented: the transducers by Dr Pierre Khuri-Yakub, the ultrasound guidance for HIFU by Dr Gail Ter Haar, the MR guidance for HIFU by Dr Bruno Quesson, the dosimetry of HIFU by Dr William O'Brien and finally the cavitation effects by Dr Larry Crum.
While Dr Gerald Harris talked about the HIFU regulatory challenges, clinical applications were addressed during two key lectures: prostate by Dr Mark Emberton and brain by Dr Neal Kassel.
To give a complete overview on brain minimally invasive treatments, Dr Alexandre Carpentier reported his experience of laser-induced brain tissue necrosis. As another example of HIFU potential applications, Dr Stephen Meairs focused on sonothrombolysis.