Exablate Neuro – MRI-guided Focused Ultrasound
Applicable Diseases
Advantages of Exablate
Treatment Process
Medical Team
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What is Essential Tremor?
Essential Tremor is a movement disorder...
Essential Tremor is the most common condition among movement disorders...
Main Symptoms of Essential Tremor
- Short episodes of uncontrollable shaking
- Often begins on one side
- First affects the hands—one or both
- May affect the voice or head
- Persistent head nodding
- Tremor worsens with emotional stress or goal-directed movement
- Balance problems (in rare cases)
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
Parkinson’s disease commonly occurs in older adults...
The symptoms arise because dopamine-producing cells in the substantia nigra of the midbrain degenerate and die...
Differences Between Essential Tremor and Parkinson’s Disease:
| Essential Tremor | Parkinson’s Disease |
|---|---|
| Tremor is the primary symptom | Symptoms include bradykinesia, rigidity, tremor, and postural instability |
| Writing tends to be larger and shaky | Writing is slower and smaller |
| More than half of patients have a family history | Genetic inheritance is uncommon |
| Usually affects both sides | Typically starts on one side and gradually becomes bilateral |
| Can occur at any age | Usually begins around age 60 |
| Affects hands, head, and voice | Mainly affects the limbs; the head and voice are less commonly involved |
Advantages of Exablate
Non-invasive treatment:
- No craniotomy, thus no risk of wound infection
- No anesthesia; the patient remains awake throughout
- Immediate assessment of treatment effect after the procedure
Treatment Video:
Treatment Process
Exablate is a new approach to treating essential tremor...
On the treatment day, the patient’s hair is completely shaved...
The procedure typically takes about 3 hours...
During the procedure, you will lie on the treatment table inside the MRI scanner...
You will have a “stop” button in hand...
Lower energy is first used to confirm the correct target location...
After each sonication, the physician evaluates the degree of improvement and any potential side effects...
Video of the First Patient Treated:
Medical Team
Tzu-Hsiang Ko M.D.
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital
Specialties:
- Parkinson’s disease, other movement disorders, peripheral neuromuscular diseases, general neurology
Experience:
- Resident and Chief Resident, Division of Neurology, Taipei Medical University – Shuang Ho Hospital
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Taitung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
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Chien-Tai Hong M.D., Ph.D.
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital
- Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
Specialties:
- Parkinson’s disease, other movement disorders, peripheral neuromuscular diseases, tremor, spinocerebellar ataxia
Experience:
- Resident/Chief Resident, Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital
- Resident/Chief Resident, Department of Neurology, En Chu Kong Hospital
- Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital
- Adjunct Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital
Wei-Lun Lo M.D., Ph.D.
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurosurgery, Shuang Ho Hospital
Specialties:
- Surgery for movement disorders (Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor) — deep brain stimulation, radiofrequency thalamotomy, etc.
- Chronic pain surgery — neurotomy, epidural neurolysis, dorsal root entry zone lesioning, spinal cord stimulation.
- Head, neck, and facial pain procedures (migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, cluster headache, etc.) — Gamma Knife radiosurgery, occipital nerve stimulation, etc.
- Brain tumors — glioma, meningioma, etc.
Experience:
- Clinical Research Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University – Shuang Ho Hospital
- Chief Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Resident, Department of Surgery, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Ming-Chin Lin, M.D., Ph.D
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurosurgery, Shuang Ho Hospital
Specialties:
- Neurocritical care, head trauma, hemorrhagic stroke, degenerative spine disease
Experience:
- Resident, Division of Neurosurgery, Taipei Medical University – Shuang Ho Hospital
- Resident, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital
Jia-Hung Chen M.D
- Attending Physician, Division of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital
Specialties:
- Stroke and cerebrovascular disease, movement disorders, Parkinson’s disease, botulinum toxin injection for chronic migraine, dementia, peripheral neuromuscular disease, transcranial magnetic stimulation, general neurology
Experience:
- Resident/Chief Resident, Division of Neurology, Shuang Ho Hospital
- Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, Hengchun Tourism Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
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