TheraFUS laboratory works on novel low-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) techniques therapeutic applications

Currently ongoing projects include

FUS-inducing blood-brain barrier opening to augment anticancer drugs delivery in brain tumors

FUS-augmenting drugs delivery to improve the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases

Ultrasound deep-brain neurostimulation for treating brain disorders and degenerative diseases

Numerical simulation of transcranial FUS based on highly resolved human and animal head models

What we do

FUS-aided anticancer drugs delivery

Our lab explores novel treatments for brain tumors based on focused ultrasound (FUS)-technology augmenting innovative anticancer drugs delivery [...]

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Drug delivery for treating neurodegenerative diseases

Our lab explores novel treatments for neurodegenerative disorders though FUS-augmented drugs delivery to the brain […]

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Ultrasound deep-brain neurostimulation

Our lab is equipped with all technologies needed to carry-out deep-brain neurostimulation through FUS application [...]

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Numerical simulation of transcranial FUS

Our lab is focused on the development of a highly resolved in silico model of ultrasound energy deposition in the human/animals brain [...]

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Our Team

Allegra Conti

PhD, Researcher
Head of TheraFUS Laboratory

Expert in FUS applications (BBB opening and acoustic nerve modulation), animal experiments and numerical simulations.

Nicola Toschi

PhD, Full Professor
Head of Medical Physics Section hosting TheraFUS Lab

Expert in neurostimulation, numerical simulations and neurophysiological signal analysis.

Flavia Franceschini

Research Assistant

Marta Grossi

PhD

Numerical simulations for Acoustic Treatment Planning

Marco Micali

PhD

Acoustic Neuromodulation in neurological disorders

Bilal Nizami

PhD

BBB Physiology and FUS-aided drug delivery

Teresa Giannattasio

Research Fellow

Chiara Salzano

PhD

Antonio Canichella

Lab Technician

Expert in neurophysiological signal recording and analysis.

Former Students

Patricia cardoso de Andrade

Expert in therapeutic ultrasound and in silico modeling.

Narges Nasrollahi

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