# OnCo record transcranial-focused-ultrasound-systems (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/transcranial-focused-ultrasound-systems/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "transcranial-focused-ultrasound-systems" ;
  schema:name "Transcranial focused ultrasound systems (Exablate Neuro, SonoCloud)"@en ;
  schema:description "A helmet of a thousand ultrasound emitters, or a small implant under the skull, that sends sound through the bone into the brain. Approved for tremor, it is being tested in brain tumours to open the brain's protective barrier for a few hours so that drugs can reach the tumour."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/transcranial-focused-ultrasound-systems/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36340-0>, <https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-3643>, <https://insightec.com/> ;
  onco:status "phase-2" ;
  onco:tag "machines-wave2" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/technologies/litt-systems/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/radiosurgery-srs/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/ttfields/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/glioblastoma/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/brain-metastases/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/brain-tumours/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/paediatric-low-grade-glioma/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/bbb-focused-ultrasound/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hifu-histotripsy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/mri/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/sonodynamic-therapy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/liquid-biopsy/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/temozolomide/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/carboplatin/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/trastuzumab/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/insightec/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/carthera/> ;
  onco:institutions <https://onco.cc/institutions/sunnybrook-odette/> .