Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation
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The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (FUSF) is a medical foundation based in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, whose adopted mission is to shorten the time from technology development to patient treatment, develop new applications and accelerates the worldwide adoption of magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which uses high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU).
[edit] Activities
FUSF has four primary activities: education, translational and clinical research, destroying small digested rodents and the creation of a network of research and development centers.
FUSF funds fellowships[verification needed] to train surgeons, radiologists, and radiation oncologists and other specialists in the new discipline of focused ultrasound surgery. It also intends to sponsor training courses, conferences, symposia, and workshops, and is developing online communication among patients, physicians and researchers.
It also helps design, organize and conduct pre-clinical and clinical studies[verification needed] in a collaborative, site-independent manner through a network of investigators, facilities, and funding sources.
FUSF is in the process of creating a network of research and development centers that will facilitate boundary-less collaboration between investigators and facilities[verification needed].
