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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ying Fan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hae Won Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gokul Swamy, Bangalore, IN;
Navneeth Subramanian, Bangalore, IN;
Nitya Subramaniam, Bangalore, IN;
Cynthia Elizabeth Landberg Davis, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ying Fan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hae Won Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Gokul Swamy, Bangalore, IN;
Navneeth Subramanian, Bangalore, IN;
Nitya Subramaniam, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for providing non-invasive ultrasound based treatment to a region of interest is provided. The system comprises an imaging unit for imaging one or more tissue types in the region of interest, an image processing unit that is configured to identify the one or more tissue types in the region of interest, an ultrasound transducer that is configured to focus an ultrasound beam to ablate at least a portion of the identified tissues, and a controller unit that controls a delivery of the ultrasound beam to the region of interest.