REAL TIME ENERGY DEPOSITING THERAPY SYSTEM CONTROLLED BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE RHEOLOGY

摘要

An energy depositing therapy system (10), comprising:—an energy depositing unit (12) provided for locally depositing energy into a therapy zone (56) of a subject of interest (28) for therapy purposes;—a transducer unit (32) that is provided for applying mechanical oscillations to at least a portion of the subject of interest (28);—a magnetic resonance imaging system (14) provided for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from at least the portion of a subject of interest (28), comprising an image processing unit (24) configured to image the mechanical oscillations;—a control unit (40) that is connectable to the energy depositing unit (12), the transducer unit (32) and a magnetic resonance scanner (16) of the magnetic resonance imaging system (14), whereinthe control unit (40) is configured to control the depositing of energy in dependence of the processed magnetic resonance imaging data of the portion of the subject of interest (28);

主权项

1. An energy depositing therapy system, comprising:
an energy depositing unit provided for locally depositing energy into a therapy zone of a subject of interest for therapy purposes; a transducer unit having at least one mechanical transducer that can be mechanically coupled to the subject of interest and that is provided for applying mechanical oscillations to at least a portion of the subject of interest the transducer unit comprising at least one open access for an interventional device; a magnetic resonance imaging system provided for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from at least the portion of a subject of interest, comprising: a magnetic resonance scanner; and an image processing unit configured to image the mechanical oscillations in at least the portion of the subject of interest by processing the acquired magnetic resonance imaging data of the portion of the subject of interest; a control unit that is connectable to the energy depositing unit, the transducer unit and the magnetic resonance scanner, whereinthe control unit is configured to control the depositing of energy in dependence of the processed magnetic resonance imaging data of the portion of the subject of interest,wherein the transducer unit comprises a honeycomb structure, wherein the at least one mechanical transducer resides in a first honeycomb of the honeycomb structure, and the at least one open access is provided in a second honeycomb of the honeycomb structure adjacent to the first honeycomb.