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Dr. Anshu Guleria was hand selected by the Board of Directors of International HIFU to be one of a select number of doctors approved to perform HIFU with the Sonablate 500.  International HIFU is based in Charlotte, NC and is the support system for all HIFU doctors.

In order to understand the basic concept of how HIFU works, an analogy can be drawn between HIFU ablating the prostate and sunrays entering a magnifying glass to burn a leaf. When a magnifying glass is held above a leaf in the correct position on a sunny day the sunrays intersect below the lens and cause the leaf to burn at the point of intersection.

If you insert your hand into the path of either one of the sun rays individually, away from the point of intersection, there is no significant heat felt or harm caused. Alternatively, if you place your hand at the point of intersection you will be burned.
The scientific principles at work in this example are the same as those with HIFU. Instead of light as the energy source, HIFU utilizes sound. Instead of a magnifying glass HIFU uses a transducer..

During HIFU, the physician uses continuously updated real-time images of the prostate to map out and execute the entire treatment plan. These images show treatment progression and permit the physician to customize treatment for maximum safety and effectiveness.

The Benefits of HIFU

• HIFU destroys cancerous tissue.
• No radiation.
• Little to no blood loss
• HIFU is an outpatient procedure.
• HIFU can be used to treat locally recurrent prostate cancer.
• It is repeatable, if necessary.
• Treatment only lasts 1-4 hours.
• Highest quality of life after procedure.
• HIFU can treat radiation and surgery failures