Title:
TREATMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/147733
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In order to provide a method for supporting surgery and a treatment support system with which it is possible to visualize remaining treatment regions in a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy, a treatment support system (10) is provided with: an ultrasonic probe (37) that performs a HIFU therapeutic treatment on a subject; an MRI device (1); an ultrasonic diagnostic therapy apparatus (40) that is positioned within the MRI device (1) and enables capturing ultrasonic images of the subject (24); and a three-dimensional position detecting device that detects the position of the ultrasonic probe (37). After treatment, remaining treatment regions are displayed by subtracting the plurality of images obtained by the MRI imaging before and after contrast radiography.
Inventors:
NAKAMOTO HIDEKAZU (JP)
ISEKI HIROSHI (JP)
MURAGAKI YOSHIHIRO (JP)
ISEKI HIROSHI (JP)
MURAGAKI YOSHIHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2012/060955
Publication Date:
November 01, 2012
Filing Date:
April 24, 2012
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Assignee:
UNIV TOKYO WOMENS MEDICAL (JP)
NAKAMOTO HIDEKAZU (JP)
ISEKI HIROSHI (JP)
MURAGAKI YOSHIHIRO (JP)
NAKAMOTO HIDEKAZU (JP)
ISEKI HIROSHI (JP)
MURAGAKI YOSHIHIRO (JP)
International Classes:
A61B5/055; A61B8/00; A61B17/22; A61B18/00
Foreign References:
| JP2007125240A | 2007-05-24 | |||
| JPH0747079A | 1995-02-21 | |||
| JP2003509125A | 2003-03-11 |
Other References:
SPOO J: "MRI controlled HIFU Treatment of Breast Tissue", 1999 IEEE ULTRASONICS SYMPOSIUM, vol. 2, 1999, pages 1405 - 1408
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sannozaka Patent Law Firm (JP)
Patent business corporation The Sanno hill patent firm (JP)
Patent business corporation The Sanno hill patent firm (JP)
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