高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)技术迅速发展的五年

Five years rapid development of the high intensity focused ultrasound technique

自2001年“首届高强度聚焦超声(HIFU)在医学中应用的国际学术交流会议”在我国重庆召开并同时成立了“国际超声治疗学会”五年来,HIFU技术得到了蓬勃发展!本文首先讨论了HIFU外科与传统超声热疗技术的本质区别,继而从HIFU工程研究、超声生物物理基础研究和HIFU技术的临床应用及国际学术发展等方面扼要地予以介绍以此展示我国科技工作者对国际HIFU发展的卓越贡献和面临的巨大挑战。

Five years have passed since the First International Symposium on High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Application in Medicine held in Chongqing, China, and the founding of the International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound in 2001. HIFU has undergone rapid development over the past five years. This article describes main differences between the HIFU surgery and the traditional ultrasound thermo-therapy, introduces the progresses made in HIFU techniques, the basics of ultrasound bio-physics, clinic applications of HIFU, as well as the international academic acti- vities in HIFU. In particular, contributions made by Chinese scholars are introduced, and the future challenges faced discussed.