Title:
ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A HIFU (HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND) FOCUSED IMAGE, AND METHOD FOR CREATING ULTRASONIC IMAGES BY USING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/047960
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging system including: a high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transmitting beam former transmitting, focusing, and delaying HIFU transmitting signals through frequencies which belong to both a frequency response band for an ultrasonic image transducer and that for a HIFU transducer; a HIFU transducer transmitting the transmitted/focused/delayed HIFU transmitting signals to a subject; an ultrasonic image transducer receiving the ultrasonic signals from the subject; an image receiving beam former receiving, focusing, and delaying the received ultrasonic signals to create synthetic beams; and an ultrasonic image creating unit creating ultrasonic images from the generated synthetic beams. According to the present invention, the focused location of HIFU energy may be previously recognized to prevent undesired parts from becoming overused by HIFU surgery.
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Inventors:
SONG TAI-KYONG (KR)
YOO YANG MO (KR)
CHANG JIN HO (KR)
SONG JAE HEE (KR)
YOO YANG MO (KR)
CHANG JIN HO (KR)
SONG JAE HEE (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2012/000339
Publication Date:
April 04, 2013
Filing Date:
January 13, 2012
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Assignee:
KOREA HEALTH INDUSTRY DEV INST KHIDI (KR)
UNIV SOGANG IND UNIV COOP FOUN (KR)
SONG TAI-KYONG (KR)
YOO YANG MO (KR)
CHANG JIN HO (KR)
SONG JAE HEE (KR)
UNIV SOGANG IND UNIV COOP FOUN (KR)
SONG TAI-KYONG (KR)
YOO YANG MO (KR)
CHANG JIN HO (KR)
SONG JAE HEE (KR)
International Classes:
A61N7/00; A61B8/00; A61B18/00; A61N7/02
Foreign References:
| KR20100120091A | 2010-11-12 | |||
| US6425867B1 | 2002-07-30 | |||
| KR20070069322A | 2007-07-03 | |||
| US20090240148A1 | 2009-09-24 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LEE, JI-YEON (KR)
이지연 (KR)
이지연 (KR)
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