APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL POSITIONS OF A HIFU PROBE

摘要

An apparatus for determining optimal positions of a mobile HIFU probe adapted for treating a target region (24), the apparatus comprising: a mobile probe; a central unit comprising a memory and a processor, said memory stores a database of probe positions and images of an insonificated region (105) separating the probe from the target region (24); said processor segments said image in order to identify a set of tissues and boundaries, evaluates a score for each probe position of the database, based on the set of tissues and boundaries, the score being indicative of an ultrasound energy loss along the path of ultrasound between the probe and the target region (24), and identify optimal probe positions which minimizes said ultrasound energy loss according to said scores.