The emergence of new technologies has dramatically accelerated our understanding of the human brain function. Over the past decade, ultrasound has become a valuable tool in preclinical animal studies and clinical practice in many areas of the brain. This is because it can not only provide information about the structure and function of brain tissues but also constitute a potential treatment tool for brain disease. The recent FDA approval and success of ultrasound ablation techniques for essential tremors is an example of how ultrasound can revolutionize clinical practice. Similarly, recent brain ultrasound advances such as noninvasive blood–brain barrier (BBB) opening, ultrasound neuromodulation, and functional brain imaging have great potential to improve human patient outcomes in neurology and neurosurgery. Ultrasound is thus expected to play an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and treatment of brain disease in the upcoming years.

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客座社论介绍有关脑成像和治疗的超声技术最新进展的特刊

新技术的出现极大地加速了我们对人脑功能的理解。在过去的十年中，超声已经成为临床前动物研究和大脑许多区域的临床实践中的重要工具。这是因为它不仅可以提供有关脑组织的结构和功能的信息，而且可以构成潜在的脑部疾病治疗工具。FDA最近批准并批准了用于基本震颤的超声消融技术的成功案例，这是超声如何革新临床实践的一个例子。同样，近来的脑超声技术的进步，例如无创性血脑屏障（BBB）的开放，超声神经调节和功能性脑成像，在改善人类患者神经病学和神经外科手术治疗方面具有巨大潜力。