Brain surgery has come a long way. In ancient times, trephination was the standard way for surgeons to access to the brain. The procedure was extremely invasive for the patient. Centuries later, ...

A new ultrasound device, used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), allows neurosurgeons to precisely burn out small pieces of malfunctioning brain tissue without cutting the skin or ...

It sounds like something lifted from “Star Trek”: High-intensity sound waves are beamed through the skin, enabling doctors to perform surgery without making incisions. But this futuristic scalpel soon ...

Sound waves are used in many imaging applications, but they’re often underpowered and hard to focus. But focus them into “sound bullets” and all sorts of interesting things happen. A paper published ...

WORCESTER -- Dr. Daniel Lee stood at a bank of MRI images, all displaying different angles of Bill Holt's head. Holt lay only a few feet away in the operating room at the University of Massachusetts ...