Thermoacoustic image-guided microwave therapy system
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
InventorsRussell Witte, Hao Xin, Diego Martin
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Abstract
A method and system capable of applying microwave therapy guided by thermoacoustic imaging and/or thermoacoustic thermometry is disclosed. The system includes a thermoacoustic imaging system and/or a thermoacoustic thermometry system that generate(s) a map of a region of interest; and a microwave therapy system that targets the region of interest using the map, and that applies the microwave therapy to the targeted region of interest. Treatment of the targeted region of interest may be employed by the microwave therapy system using real-time feedback from the thermoacoustic imaging system and/or the thermoacoustic thermometry system. Imaging and therapy may be automatically co-registered.
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1-11. (canceled)
A method for applying microwave therapy guided by thermoacoustic imaging, the method comprising:
- generating a map of a region of interest via a thermoacoustic imaging system;
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- providing a microwave therapy system for targeting the region of interest using the map, and for applying the microwave therapy to the targeted region of interest, wherein the microwave therapy system is a microwave therapy system for performing hyperthermia at temperatures not sufficient to ablate tissue, and the applied microwave therapy comprises the hyperthermia.
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16-17. (canceled)
A method for applying microwave therapy guided by thermoacoustic thermometry, the method comprising:
- generating a map of a region of interest via a thermoacoustic thermometry system;
- and
- providing a microwave therapy system for targeting the region of interest using the map, and for applying the microwave therapy to the targeted region of interest, wherein the microwave therapy system is a microwave therapy system for performing hyperthermia at temperatures not sufficient to ablate tissue, and the applied microwave therapy comprises the hyperthermia.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.