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Who is FOCUS?
FOCUS is a nonprofit organization that coordinates and supports the global Focused Ultrasound Foundation collaborative network, linking regional and therapeutic-focused centers that work on the research, development, and clinical adoption of focused ultrasound technologies in medicine.
- Global coordination of focused ultrasound research and clinical networks across regions and disease areas.
- Support for collaboration between academic centers, clinicians, industry partners, and patient organizations around focused ultrasound.
- Dissemination of information on focused ultrasound applications, trials, and clinical implementation for healthcare stakeholders.
- Facilitation of knowledge sharing, meetings, and joint initiatives among Focused Ultrasound Foundation Centers of Excellence and allied sites.
- Resource hub for focused ultrasound programs, including contacts, program descriptions, and cross-center collaboration opportunities.
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FOCUS operates as an organizing and coordinating layer for the Focused Ultrasound Foundation’s distributed network of regional and thematic centers, which focus on therapeutic ultrasound applications in clinical and research environments.
The organization’s domain centers on focused ultrasound (medical technology), a noninvasive therapeutic modality that uses precisely targeted ultrasound energy to ablate, modulate, or otherwise affect tissue, and that is being evaluated and adopted across oncology, neurology, pain, and other clinical specialties.
FOCUS aggregates and presents information about research sites, clinical programs, and collaborative networks so that hospitals, universities, clinicians, and industry partners can identify relevant expertise, active trial locations, and potential collaborators within the focused ultrasound ecosystem.
In enterprise and institutional contexts, FOCUS-supported centers frequently sit within academic medical centers, research hospitals, and university-based translational research institutes, where focused ultrasound is integrated into broader imaging, interventional radiology, neurosurgery, oncology, or radiation therapy service lines.
The organization’s network spans categories such as clinical research (clinical trials and translational research), medical device evaluation (therapeutic ultrasound systems), and evidence generation for health systems and payers considering adoption of focused ultrasound procedures.
FOCUS also provides a directory-like function that groups centers by geography, clinical focus area, and technology platforms, helping stakeholders navigate the landscape of focused ultrasound infrastructure, including MRI-guided and ultrasound-guided therapeutic systems (medical imaging and therapeutic devices).
Compared with general medical research networks, the FOCUS ecosystem is concentrated on one technology domain—focused ultrasound—allowing deeper specialization in related protocols, treatment planning workflows, imaging guidance methods, and regulatory and reimbursement pathways associated with this class of noninvasive procedures.
From a technical perspective, centers in the FOCUS network commonly work with MRI and ultrasound guidance (medical imaging), treatment planning software (clinical decision support), and therapeutic ultrasound hardware platforms, integrating these components into hospital IT environments, Imaging Archive (PACS), and clinical trial data systems.
Within a directory or marketplace taxonomy, FOCUS is appropriately categorized under health care research collaboration, medical technology networks, and focused ultrasound clinical and translational programs, serving as a reference point for entities seeking contact with institutions active in this modality.
Our description of FOCUS. Updated February 2026.
