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AssigneesInserm (Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale), Centre Leon Berard, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1
InventorsDavid Melodelima, Sophie Cambronero
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Devices and methods using high intensity focused ultrasounds (HIFU) guided by ultrasound imaging often require an imaging ultrasound probe to be embedded within a HIFU transducer, in order for both probes to have a substantially similar position during operation. This configuration has many drawbacks and often causes poor imaging conditions due to constraints on the size of the imaging probe. The new methods and systems described herein allow the use of an imaging ultrasound probe separate from the HIFU transducer. The imaging ultrasound probe can be easily positioned relative to the HIFU transducer during operation by using a position capture system and a specific housing for the imaging probe. The invention is also applicable to high intensity contact ultrasound probes (HICU).
A method for positioning a therapeutic ultrasonic probe relative to an ultrasonic imaging probe, the method comprising, by an electronic control device:
A system for positioning a therapeutic ultrasonic probe relative to an ultrasonic imaging probe, comprising a therapeutic ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic imaging probe placed inside a housing, a position capture system and an electronic control device, wherein external dimensions of the housing being similar to external dimensions of the therapeutic ultrasonic probe, wherein the housing comprises at least one position marker detectable by the position capture system, wherein the therapeutic ultrasonic probe comprises at least one position marker detectable by the position capture system, and wherein the electronic control device is configured to:
A system for positioning a therapeutic ultrasonic probe relative to an ultrasonic imaging probe, comprising a therapeutic ultrasonic probe, an ultrasonic imaging probe placed inside a housing, a position capture system and an electronic control device, wherein external dimensions of the housing being similar to external dimensions of the therapeutic ultrasonic probe, wherein the housing comprises at least one position marker detectable by the position capture system, wherein the therapeutic ultrasonic probe comprises at least one position marker detectable by the position capture system, and wherein the electronic control device is configured to:
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