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The NaviFUS system was reported by Fortune Magazine

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Five ways focused ultrasound is changing medicine

BY RYAN BRADLEY

June 13, 2014 7:30 PM GMT+8

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By concentrating acoustic energy into the body, we can heat and destroy tumors caused by cancerous cells.

The technology is called high-intensity focused ultrasound, and it’s a non-invasive procedure that may change the way surgeons treat cancer and much more. We recently wrote about the tech in the June 30, 2014 issue of Fortune magazine; here, five ways it’s changing the field of medicine…

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