Patent ID: 8715187
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: A61B,A61N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for providing non-invasive ultrasound based treatment to a region of interest, the system comprising: an imaging transducer configured to acquire an ultrasound image of two or more tissue types in the region of interest; an image processing unit coupled to the imaging transducer and configured to identify and segment the two or more tissue types in the region of interest; a therapy transducer configured to focus an ultrasound beam to ablate at least a portion of the identified tissues, wherein the therapy transducer is configured to undergo a mechanical adjustment of a distance or a location to provide an adjustment for a depth, a location, or both the depth and the location of the ultrasound beam in the region of interest; and a controller unit coupled to the image processing unit and the therapy transducer, wherein the controller unit is configured to receive processed data from the image processing unit and control the therapy transducer to control a delivery of the ultrasound beam to the region of interest based on the identification and segmentation of the two or more tissue types.