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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Profound Medical Inc., Mississauga, CA;
Max Oskar Köhler, Espoo, FI;
Profound Medical Inc., Mississauga, ON, CA;
Abstract
The invention provides for medical instrument () comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system () and a high intensity focused ultrasound system (). A processor () controls the medical instrument. Instructions cause the processor to control () the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data using a pulse sequence (). The pulse sequence comprises an acoustic radiation force imaging pulse sequence (). The acoustic radiation force imaging pulse sequence comprises an excitation pulse () and a multi-dimensional gradient pulse () applied during the radio frequency excitation pulse for selectively exciting a region of interest () encompassing a target zone and at least a portion of the beam axis. The instructions cause the processor to control () the high intensity focused ultrasound system to sonicate the target zone during the acoustic radiation force imaging pulse sequence and reconstruct () a radiation force image () using the magnetic resonance data.