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AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsChi-Yin Lee, Liexiang Fan, Jerry Hopple, Stephen J. Hsu, Xiaozheng Zeng, Caroline Maleke, Christophe Duong, Kevin Michael Sekins, John Kook, Stephen R. Barnes
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Therapy control and/or monitoring is performed with an ultrasound scanner. The ultrasound scanner detects temperature to monitor therapy, and perform HIFU beam location refocusing of the therapy system based on the temperature. The monitoring is synchronized with the therapy using a trigger output of the ultrasound scanner. The trigger output responds to a scan sequence of the ultrasound scanner. To meet a given therapy plan, the scan sequence is customized, resulting in the customized trigger sequence. Three dimensional or multi-planar reconstruction rendering is used to represent temperature for monitoring feedback. The temperature at locations not being treated may be monitored. If the temperature has an undesired characteristic (e.g., too high), then the therapy is controlled by ceasing, at least temporarily.
A system for therapy control with an ultrasound scanner, the system comprising:
A method for therapy control with an ultrasound scanner, the method comprising:
In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for therapy monitoring with an ultrasound scanner, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for therapy control with an ultrasound scanner, the storage medium comprising instructions for:
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