System and method for medical treatment using ultrasound
    5.
    发明申请
    System and method for medical treatment using ultrasound 有权
    使用超声波治疗的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050277853A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-12-15

    申请号:US10867170

    申请日:2004-06-14

    IPC分类号: A61H1/00 A61N7/00 A61N7/02

    摘要: A system and method for medical treatment of tissue using ultrasound. The system comprises a probe having an array of transducer elements, an ultrasound waveform generator adapted to generate at least one electrical ultrasound signal, and a plurality of phase controls, each coupled to the ultrasound waveform generator and adapted to generate from the electrical ultrasound signal a phase-shifted drive signal that is coupled to an associated transducer element. The drive signal is effective to control grating lobe foci emitted by the array. The method employs the system.

    摘要翻译: 一种使用超声波治疗组织的系统和方法。 该系统包括具有换能器元件阵列的探头,适于产生至少一个电超声波信号的超声波波形发生器和多个相位控制器,每个相位控制器耦合到超声波波形发生器,并适于从电超声信号a 耦合到相关联的换能器元件的相移驱动信号。 驱动信号有效地控制由阵列发射的光栅叶片焦点。 该方法采用该系统。

    Method for reducing electronic artifacts in ultrasound imaging
    6.
    发明申请
    Method for reducing electronic artifacts in ultrasound imaging 审中-公开
    用于减少超声成像中的电子伪影的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050240105A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:US10824624

    申请日:2004-04-14

    摘要: A method for reducing electronic artifacts in ultrasound images of anatomical tissue. At least two calibration signals are received from imaging ultrasound waves that have been reflected from different regions in anatomical tissue. A correction signal is derived from the calibration signals. The correction signal is subtracted from a signal to derive a corrected signal. An image generated from the corrected signal is then displayed. The correction signal may be derived using weighted averaging and may be updated upon receipt of additional signals. The correction signal may be initialized to zero periodically, in response to a change in the system, or at the direction of the operator.

    摘要翻译: 一种减少解剖组织超声图像中电子伪影的方法。 从已经从解剖组织中的不同区域反射的成像超声波接收至少两个校准信号。 从校准信号导出校正信号。 从信号中减去校正信号以导出校正信号。 然后显示从校正信号产生的图像。 可以使用加权平均来导出校正信号,并且可以在接收到附加信号时更新校正信号。 响应于系统的改变或操作者的方向,校正信号可以被周期性地初始化为零。

    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method
    7.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method 审中-公开
    超声医疗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050234438A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-20

    申请号:US10825092

    申请日:2004-04-15

    摘要: An embodiment of an ultrasound medical treatment system includes an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer and a controller. The controller controls the medical-treatment transducer to emit ultrasound to thermally ablate patient tissue. The control includes a control parameter. The controller changes the control parameter based on receiving an indication of an occurrence in the patient tissue of a transient, ultrasound-caused, ultrasound-attenuating effect. A method for medically treating patient tissue with ultrasound includes controlling the medical-treatment transducer with the control parameter set to a first setting, receiving an indication of the occurrence of the ultrasound-attenuating effect, changing the control parameter to a second setting based on receiving the indication, and controlling the medical-treatment transducer with the control parameter set to the second setting.

    摘要翻译: 超声医疗系统的一个实施例包括超声医疗换能器和控制器。 控制器控制医疗换能器发射超声波以热消融患者组织。 该控制包括控制参数。 控制器基于接收到瞬时超声引起的超声衰减效应的患者组织中的发生的指示来改变控制参数。 一种用超声医疗处理患者组织的方法,包括以设定为第一设定的控制参数来控制医疗换能器,接收超声衰减效果发生的指示,基于接收将控制参数改变为第二设定 指示,并且将控制参数设置为第二设定来控制医疗换能器。

    Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium
    9.
    发明申请
    Medical system having an ultrasound source and an acoustic coupling medium 有权
    具有超声波源和声耦合介质的医疗系统

    公开(公告)号:US20050261586A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-11-24

    申请号:US10848550

    申请日:2004-05-18

    IPC分类号: A61B17/22 A61H1/00 A61N7/02

    摘要: An ultrasound medical system has an end effector including a medical ultrasound transducer and an acoustic coupling medium. The acoustic coupling medium has a transducer-proximal surface and a transducer-distal surface. The medical ultrasound transducer is positioned to emit medical ultrasound through the acoustic coupling medium from the transducer-proximal surface to the transducer-distal surface. The end effector is adapted to change a property (such as the shape and/or the temperature) of the acoustic coupling medium during emission, and/or between emissions, of medical ultrasound from the medical ultrasound transducer during a medical procedure on a patient. In one example, such changes are used to change the focus and/or beam angle of the emitted ultrasound during the medical procedure.

    摘要翻译: 超声波医疗系统具有包括医用超声波换能器和声耦合介质的末端执行器。 声耦合介质具有换能器近侧表面和换能器远侧表面。 医疗超声换能器被定位成通过声耦合介质从换能器近端表面到换能器远侧表面发射医用超声波。 端部执行器适于在医疗超声波换能器在患者的医疗过程期间改变声学耦合介质在发射期间和/或发射之间的医疗超声波的性质(例如形状和/或温度)。 在一个示例中,这样的改变用于在医疗过程期间改变发射的超声的焦点和/或束角。

    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method
    10.
    发明申请
    Ultrasound medical treatment system and method 审中-公开
    超声医疗系统及方法

    公开(公告)号:US20050240124A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-27

    申请号:US10825090

    申请日:2004-04-15

    摘要: An ultrasound medical treatment system includes an ultrasound medical treatment transducer and a controller. In one arrangement, the controller movingly controls the medical treatment transducer to emit ultrasound to thermally ablate patient tissue: 1) for a plurality of predetermined time intervals each associated with the medical treatment transducer movingly disposed at a different one of an equal number of predetermined positions, wherein a next-in-time time interval is associated with a position which is spatially non-adjacent to a position associated with a present-in-time time interval; or 2) for a predetermined time interval during which the transducer is continuously moved. Methods of the invention so control the medical treatment transducer using or not using the controller. In another arrangement, the transducer has an array of transducer elements and the controller activates different non-overlapping groups or different overlapping groups of transducer elements at different times.

    摘要翻译: 超声医疗系统包括超声医疗换能器和控制器。 在一种布置中,控制器移动地控制医疗换能器发射超声波以热消融患者组织:1)多个预定时间间隔,每个预定的时间间隔与医疗治疗换能器相关联,移位地设置在相同数量的预定位置 其中,与时间上的时间间隔相关联的位置与空间上不相邻的位置相关联的时间时间间隔; 或2)在传感器连续移动的预定时间间隔内。 本发明的方法使用或不使用控制器来控制医疗换能器。 在另一种布置中,换能器具有换能器元件的阵列,并且控制器在不同时间激活不同的非重叠组或不同重叠的换能器元件组。