India, Feb. 14 -- Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will soon offer advanced MR-guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) to treat neurological conditions such as essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy.

The non-invasive procedure, which uses sound waves guided by MRI to precisely target affected brain areas, will be available within six months at a nominal cost, AIIMS officials said.

The Vattikuti Foundation, a non-profit advancing medical technology, on Wednesday has donated the MR-guided HIFU system along with five years of service support to the hospital.

The HIFU system can be used to conduct MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS), which is a non-invasive procedure that uses sound waves to tr...