Image-guided therapy of a tissue
US9504484B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/4833
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Thermal monitoring of tissue during a thermal therapy may include identifying an imaging plane bisection axis lying along at least one of a longitudinal axis of a thermal therapy instrument and a vector through a region of interest. The method may include identifying multiple thermal monitoring planes used in monitoring thermal therapy of the volume, where each thermal monitoring plane intersects the region of interest, where a first thermal monitoring plane intersects a second thermal monitoring plane at the imaging plane bisection axis, and the first thermal monitoring plane is offset from the second thermal monitoring plane by an angle of intersection. The method may include and performing thermal monitoring of the thermal therapy by obtaining magnetic resonance (MR) images obtained from the first monitoring plane and the second monitoring plane, and calculating, based on the images, temperature data of the volume.
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