IMAGE GUIDED PLAQUE ABLATION

摘要

A method and system for reducing vascular plaque non-invasively comprisin g the steps of imaging at least a portion of a mammalian body to produce an image; determining the location of at least one vascular plaque in said imag e; ascertaining the location of the base of said vascular plaque, said locai ton of base being the target location; precisely determining the relative po sition of said target location with respect to the cardiac rhythm in the bod y; delivering a beam of ultrasound energy waves from a source to the relativ e position to elevate temperature of said target location in a pre-determine d manner; monitoring the temperature of the target location; and discontinui ng delivery of ultrasound energy waves when said target location achieves a predetermined set temperature.