Society of Thermal Medicine Annual Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：热医学协会（STM）是代表与图像引导热疗法相关的研究的首要科学组织。STM在组织成功的年度会议方面有着良好的记录。该提案的目标是（1）将新的图像引导热治疗高强度聚焦超声（HIFU或FUS）作为STM的主要领域，以及（2）吸引学员和年轻研究人员参加我们的年度会议。这将有助于在这些领域的研究，以提供一个积极的健康影响的疾病适合通过图像引导疗法治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society of Thermal Medicine (STM) is the premiere scientific organization where research related to image-guided thermal therapies is represented. STM has an established track record of organizing successful annual meetings. The goals of this proposal are (1) establishing the new image-guided thermal therapy High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU or FUS) as major area within STM, and (2) attracting trainees and young investigators towards our annual conference. This will aid the research in these areas to provide a positive health impact on disease amenable to treatment by image-guided therapies.