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US 2007/0167806 A1Published application
Multi-modality imaging and treatment
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsBradford Wood, King Li, Jeffrey Yanof, Jochen Kruecker, Christopher Bauer
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Abstract
A probe includes an ultrasound imaging transducer and a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducer. The probe is operatively connected to a localizer which provides information indicative of the position and orientation of the probe in relation to a CT scanner. Information from the ultrasound imaging transducer and the CT scanner is used to assist in planning and performing a HIFU treatment.
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An apparatus including:
- an ultrasound imaging system including an ultrasound transducer having a field of view and adapted to generate substantially real time ultrasound data indicative of the interior of an object;
- a treatment apparatus connected to the ultrasound transducer for movement therewith, wherein the treatment apparatus is adapted to treat a treatment region located in the field of view;
- a second imaging system having a temporal resolution less than that of the ultrasound imaging system and adapted to generate second imaging system data indicative of an interior of the object;
- a localizer adapted to determine a relative position of the ultrasound transducer and the second imaging system;
- a human readable display operatively connected to ultrasound imaging system and the second imaging system, wherein the display presents a series of human readable images indicative of the ultrasound data and spatially corresponding human readable images indicative of the second imaging system data.
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A method including:
- using a first imaging apparatus to obtain first volume space data indicative of an internal characteristic of an object under examination;
- positioning a probe including an imaging transducer and a treatment apparatus in a position with respect to the object;
- using information from the imaging transducer to generate a substantially real time stream of second volume space data indicative of an internal characteristic of the object;
- determining a spatial relationship between first and second volume space data;
- generating human readable images indicative of the stream of second volume space data and a spatially corresponding portion of the first volume space data;
- repeating the steps of positioning the probe, using information from the imaging transducer, determining the spatial relationship, and generating human readable images a plurality of times.
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An apparatus comprising:
- an object support;
- means for generating first volume space data indicative of an object;
- means including a transducer for generating substantially real time second volume space data indicative of the object, and wherein the transducer includes a field of view;
- means for depositing energy at a target, wherein the means for depositing energy is operatively connected to the transducer for movement therewith, and wherein the target is located in the field of view;
- means for spatially registering the first and second volume space data;
- means generating human readable images indicative of the registered first and second volume space data and the target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.