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Patent No.:

US 10219785 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2014

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

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Ho-taik Lee, Yongin-si, KR;

Won-chul Bang, Seongnam-si, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Amelie R Gillman

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

A61B 8/48 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61N 2007/027 (2013.01);

Abstract

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.

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