METHOD FOR CONFIRMING LOCATION OF FOCAL POINT, AND ULTRASONIC MEDICAL APPARATUS THEREFOR

摘要

A method and an ultrasound medical apparatus for confirming a focal point of a high-intensity focused ultrasound are disclosed. A method of confirming a focal point, for pre-targeting a location of a high-intensity ultrasound by synchronizing the high-intensity ultrasound and an imaging ultrasound and using a reflected signal of the synchronized imaging ultrasound and high-intensity ultrasound from a focal point to which the ultrasounds are transmitted, and an ultrasound medical apparatus for implementing the method are provided.

主权项

1. An ultrasound medical apparatus, comprising:
an imaging transducer including a plurality of transducer elements, each configured to transmit an imaging ultrasound to a target object; a plurality of treatment transducers, each configured to transmit a high-intensity ultrasound to a focal point corresponding to a specific focal-point information of the target object; a synchronizing unit configured to synchronize transmission times of the imaging transducer and the treatment transducers to render the imaging ultrasound and the high-intensity ultrasound to reach the focal point at the same time; and an image processing unit configured, after the imaging ultrasound and the high-intensity ultrasound are transmitted in a synchronized manner, to generate an image picture based on an echo signal received by the imaging transducer.