High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU)
High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, or HIFU, is a therapy that destroys tissue with rapid heat elevationwhich essentially "cooks" the tissue. Ultrasound energy, or sound waves, is focused at a specific location and at that "focal point," the temperature raises to almost 90 degrees Celsius in a matter of seconds. Any tissue at the "focal point" is destroyed; however, any tissue outside of the focal point remains unharmed.
