Patent ID: 8831708

Claim:
A probe for multi-modal medical imaging and therapy, the probe comprising: an ultrasound transducer comprising a plurality of elements in an array, wherein the array comprises an N×M arrangement of elements wherein both N and M are integers greater than 1; a nuclear detector for detecting radiation, the nuclear detector positioned within an aperture in the N×M arrangement; an interconnection between the ultrasound transducer and the nuclear detector; a handheld housing of the ultrasound transducer, the interconnection providing common movement of the handheld housing of the ultrasound transducer and the nuclear detector during scanning by the ultrasound transducer and detection by the nuclear detector, wherein movement of the handheld housing moves the nuclear detector and interconnection; a processor configured to determine a motion path of the ultrasound transducer by correlating image data derived from data generated by the ultrasound transducer without using a tracking sensor; the processor configured to generate an image volume representing anatomy derived from data generated by the ultrasound transducer and the processor configured to generate an image representing functional information derived from data generated by the nuclear detector and the motion path, the processor further configured to direct focus a therapy transducer of the probe to perform high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy based on a location represented by the functional information integrated with the image volume.