Focused ultrasound processing apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeImgt Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeon Ho SON, Dae Seung KIM, Ja Woon KOO
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Abstract
Provided are a focused ultrasound processing apparatus and a method thereof. The focused ultrasound processing apparatus in one general aspect includes a focused ultrasound transducer configured to output a focused ultrasound signal to tissue, a cavitation sensor configured to detect a cavitation signal resulting from a cavitation phenomenon occurring in the tissue due to the focused ultrasound signal, and a processor configured to analyze the cavitation signal detected by the cavitation sensor and adjust at least one of output time or frequency of the focused ultrasound signal based on an analysis result.
Claims21
A focused ultrasound processing apparatus comprising:
- a focused ultrasound transducer configured to output a focused ultrasound signal to tissue;
- a cavitation sensor configured to detect a cavitation signal resulting from a cavitation phenomenon occurring in the tissue due to the focused ultrasound signal;
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- a processor configured to analyze the cavitation signal detected by the cavitation sensor and adjust at least one of output time or frequency of the focused ultrasound signal based on an analysis result.
A focused ultrasound processing method using a focused ultrasound processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- determining a first output condition including at least one of output time or frequency of a focused ultrasound signal;
- outputting a focused ultrasound signal, based on the determined first output condition, through a focused ultrasound transducer;
- detecting, by a cavitation sensor, a cavitation signal resulting from a cavitation phenomenon occurring in a tissue due to the output focused ultrasound signal;
- analyzing a cavitation detection value obtained through the cavitation sensor and adjusting an output condition including at least one of output time or frequency of a focused ultrasound signal to a second output condition based on an analysis result;
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- outputting the focused ultrasound signal to the tissue based on the adjusted second output condition through the focused ultrasound transducer.
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