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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Max Oskar Kohler, Finland, FI;
Teuvo Vaara, Veikkola, FI;
Shunmugavelu Sokka, Brighton, NY (US);
Gosta Jakob Ehnholm, Helsinki, FI;
Max Oskar Kohler, Finland, FI;
Teuvo Vaara, Veikkola, FI;
Shunmugavelu Sokka, Brighton, NY (US);
Gosta Jakob Ehnholm, Helsinki, FI;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A therapy system includes a therapy module, e.g., a high-intensity-focused ultrasound transmitter, to perform successive deposits of energy in a target zone. The successive deposits being separated by a cool down period. The therapy system further includes a thermometry module, e.g. by a magnetic resonance examination system, configured for thermometry to measure temperature in a measurement field. A control module regulates the cool down period in dependence of the measured off-focus maximum temperature during the energy deposit preceding the cool down period.