Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for 3D ultrasound imaging and therapy
- Patent Title (中): 3D超声成像和治疗的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12516598Application Date: 2007-11-06
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Publication No.: US08500641B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Balasundara Raju , Christopher Hall , Chien Ting Chin , William T. Shi
- Applicant: Balasundara Raju , Christopher Hall , Chien Ting Chin , William T. Shi
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/IB2007/054507 WO 20071106
- International Announcement: WO2008/065561 WO 20080605
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61N7/00

Abstract:
An apparatus for application of three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and therapy comprising a two-dimensional ultrasound imaging array of transducer elements having an image signal transmitter and receiver that forms, steers and selectively focuses ultrasound beams to a three-dimensional moving or stationary spatial volume; one or more two-dimensional ultrasound therapy arrays of transducer elements, each array having a therapy signal transmitter that forms, steers and selectively focuses and delivers ultrasound therapy to the volume; wherein the location of the array of imaging and therapy transducer elements are known relative to one another; and a controller that controls the image transmitter and receiver to provide three-dimensional images of the volume and simultaneously independently controls each of the one or more therapy transmitters to deliver therapy to the volume. Also disclosed is a method of delivering ultrasound therapy to a biological tissue in a three-dimensional moving or stationary spatial volume utilizing the apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100069754A1 APPARATUS FOR 3D ULTRASOUND IMAGING AND THERAPY Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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