Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Ho-taik Lee

Won-chul Bang

Do-kyoon Kim

Chang-Yeong Kim

Young-kyoo Hwang

Ji-young Park

Sang-hyun Kim

A method of generating therapeutic ultrasound that forms multi-foci by a therapeutic ultrasound probe, the method including: obtaining a medical image including anatomical information of a region of interest in a subject; calculating, by using the medical image, characteristics which influence traveling of therapeutic ultrasound with respect to tissues included in the region of interest; calculating, by using the calculated characteristics, a parameter of the therapeutic ultrasound for forming multi-foci in the region of interest; and generating the therapeutic ultrasound according to the calculated parameter.

Method, apparatus, and high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) system for generating ultrasound that forms multi-foci via medical image in region of interest

An apparatus and a method are provided to generate an ultrasound to be transmitted from an ultrasound irradiation device. The apparatus and the method include acquiring a medical image including anatomical information about a subject, and calculating characteristics of a tissue in the subject, which may affect propagation of the ultrasound based on the medical image. The apparatus and method also determine a parameter of the ultrasound to create a focal point on the subject using the calculated characteristics, and generate the ultrasound according to the determined parameter.

Method, apparatus, and system for generating ultrasound

An ultrasound probe includes a therapeutic ultrasound transducer, a slot disposed in the therapeutic ultrasound transducer, and a first diagnostic ultrasound transducer disposed in the slot and configured to move along the slot.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Ho-taik Lee