HUMAN INTERFACE AND DEVICE FOR ULTRASOUND GUIDED TREATMENT

A system and method for providing real-time, image-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) targeting and treatment of tissue. In one embodiment, the system includes an HIFU applicator and a user interface with a touchscreen display for three-dimensional visualization of the tissue. Image fra...

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Hauptverfasser:	QUISTGAARD, JENS, URICH, LAU, MICHAEL, P.H, ETCHELLS, TIM, DUNBAR, LEE, DAVID, PARSONS, JESSICA, E, DARLINGTON, GREGORY, PAUL, PEDERSEN, ROBERT, H
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING DIAGNOSIS ELECTROTHERAPY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PHYSICS RADIATION THERAPY SURGERY ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method for providing real-time, image-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) targeting and treatment of tissue. In one embodiment, the system includes an HIFU applicator and a user interface with a touchscreen display for three-dimensional visualization of the tissue. Image frames displayed on the user interface depict real-time images of the tissue, including an image parallel to a feature of the applicator and an image orthogonal to the parallel image. Reference lines may be sketched using the touchscreen and displayed on the image frames. In one embodiment, tissue boundaries are detected and marked on the image frames, either by the user or automatically by the system. In another embodiment, the user interface includes a footswitch for the user to interact with the system. In another embodiment, the system includes an ultrasound imaging component configured to undock from the system for use as a stand-alone ultrasound imaging device.