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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2009
Applicants:
Shuki Vitek, Haifa, IL;
Rita Schmidt, Givataim, IL;
Amir Seginer, Tel Aviv, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
INSIGHTEC LTD., Tiral Carmel, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/48 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 8/587 (2013.01); G01R 33/4814 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00725 (2013.01); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02); A61N 2007/0065 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0078 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetic-resonance-guided focused ultrasound system may be calibrated by generating ultrasound foci using ultrasound transducers, establishing coordinates of the foci and of magnetic-resonance trackers associated with the transducers, and determining a geometric relationship between the trackers and the transducers.