METHOD, APPARATUS, AND HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND (HIFU) SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND THAT FORMS MULTI-FOCI VIA MEDICAL IMAGE IN REGION OF INTEREST

摘要

A method of generating therapeutic ultrasound that forms multi-foci by a therapeutic ultrasound probe, the method including: obtaining a medical image including anatomical information of a region of interest in a subject; calculating, by using the medical image, characteristics which influence traveling of therapeutic ultrasound with respect to tissues included in the region of interest; calculating, by using the calculated characteristics, a parameter of the therapeutic ultrasound for forming multi-foci in the region of interest; and generating the therapeutic ultrasound according to the calculated parameter.

主权项

1. A method of generating therapeutic ultrasound that forms multi-foci by using a therapeutic ultrasound probe, the method comprising:
obtaining a medical image comprising anatomical information of a region of interest in a body; calculating, by using the medical image, characteristics of tissues in the region of interest; calculating, by using the calculated characteristics of the tissues, one or more parameters of a therapeutic ultrasound to be irradiated on the region of interest; and generating the therapeutic ultrasound according to the calculated one or more parameters, wherein the generated therapeutic ultrasound forms multi-foci in the region of interest.