Method for determining optimized parameters of a device generating a plurality of ultrasound beams focused in a region of interest
US10004888B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2007/0095
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The method determines parameters to generate confocal ultrasound beams (B1,B2) inside a medium (4), and uses a device (1) comprising first and second ultrasound means (11,12) and first and second displacement members (13,14) for moving the ultrasound means (11,12). The parameters include signals s1,s2 to the ultrasound means (11,12), and the positions x1,x2 of the ultrasound means (11,12). The parameters are optimized for having a minimum amplitude a1,a2 of the signals s1,s2 and having an acoustic effect inside the medium (4).
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