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US 6,188,923 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for local heating and global monitoring of a tissue
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMario Bechtold
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for local heating and global monitoring of a tissue disposed in an imaging device, monitored by the imaging device and substantially simultaneously heated by focused ultrasound from an appropriate source. The ultrasound is generated outside the imaging device and is guided to the tissue through the use of a waveguide. In particular, the imaging device is a magnetic resonance scanner.
Claims25
A method for local heating and global monitoring of a tissue, which comprises:
- placing a tissue in an imaging device;
- monitoring the tissue with the imaging device;
- and
- substantially simultaneously heating the tissue with focused ultrasound generated outside the imaging device and guided to the tissue by a waveguide.
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An apparatus for local heating and global monitoring of a tissue, comprising:
- an imaging device for receiving and monitoring a tissue;
- a source disposed outside said imaging device for generating ultrasound;
- an acoustical waveguide for conducting the ultrasound from said source into said imaging device;
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- a focuser for focusing the ultrasound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.