Focused ultrasound metrics2
| Metric | Source | Statistics |
|---|---|---|
| Annual number of publications | MEDLINE | Increasing since 1990s as well as ratio relative to overall publications on MEDLINE, 693 publications in 2013 |
| Annual number of citations | Thompson Reuters Web of Science | Citations increasing since 1990s, over 10 000 in 2013 |
| Number of abstracts presented in meetings | Annual meeting of International Society of Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU—founded in 2001); biennial meeting organised by Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUSF—founded in 2006); European Focused Ultrasound Working Group (EFUS—founded in 2011) | Increase in FUS centric meetings, over 240 at ISTU/EFSU meetings in 2013, over 150 at FUSF meeting in 2012 |
| Clinical indications at level of human feasibility trials | Literature review and communications with researchers | Over 21 clinical trials or commercial treatments in 2013, including essential tremor, Parkinsonian tremor, OCD and hypertension |
| Number of annual treatments administered | Manufacturer reports | 82 000 treatments up to 2012: 45 000 (prostate cancer), 20 000 (uterine fibroids), 15 000 (liver cancer), 1000 (bone metastases), 500 (breast cancer), 484 (brain, bone non-metastases, breast fibroadenoma, kidney, thyroid, pancreas) |
| Manufacturer growth in the field | Industry executives, online research and information from symposia registration and sponsorship data | 20 device manufacturers since 1979, 15 manufacturers since 2001 |
| Amount of funding allocated to Focused Ultrasound research | National Institutes of Health | Growing relative to total NIH funding: $22.1 m FUS awards in 2012, representing over 0.10% of NIH budget |
| Number of website hits | FUS foundation website, Wikipedia | Traffic increasing indicating growth in awareness: approximately 24 000 visits in Q42012 to FUS foundation website, between 3600 and 4800 FUS-specific Wikipedia searches per month in 2012 |
FUS, Focus Ultrasound; NIH, National Institutes of Health; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder.