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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Stephen J. Hsu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventor:
Stephen J. Hsu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/5276 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00106 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00694 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01);
Abstract
Motion tracking is performed with a thermal pattern within a patient. A pattern of different temperature is created in tissue, such as warming up tissue in a checkerboard pattern. The temperature pattern is used over time to track motion of the tissue. The tracked motion may be used to treat the tissue throughout at least part of a periodic cycle.