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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ralf Seip, Carmel, NY (US);
Sonia Souza, Bothell, WA (US);
Jeffry Earl Powers, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
William Tao Shi, Wakefield, MA (US);
Terrence James Sweeney, Redmond, WA (US);
Sarah Rhoades Baxter, Hansville, WA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for patient-specific adjusting of ultrasound output pressure includes a controller () configured for adjusting, based on an estimate of thickness of a temporal bone () in a head of a medical treatment recipient, a pressure setting. It may also be based on treatment depth (). Ultrasound at the adjusted pressure setting is applied. A user interface may be provided for user entry of the estimate, the user interface being further configured for user indication of the treatment depth. Both the entered estimate and the indicated treatment depth may be used in calculating ultrasound attenuation (). The user indication can be interactive by virtue of designating, on a display, a location of a treatment target. The calculated attenuation may be a value, in decibels, that is in a range from 0.9×(2.70×0.1+16.60×T+0.87×(D−T−0.1)+3.02) to 1.1×(2.70×0.1+16.60×T+0.87×(D−T−0.1)+3.02), where T is the estimate in centimeters and D is the treatment depth in centimeters.