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Focused ultrasound system with adaptive anatomical aperture shaping

  • US 20060058671A1
  • Filed: 08/11/2004
  • Published: 03/16/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating body tissue using an ultrasound transducer, the ultrasound transducer comprising a plurality of transducer elements, the method comprising:

  • directing the ultrasound transducer towards target body tissue; and

    delivering ultrasound energy from the transducer elements in an ultrasound energy path towards the target tissue such that an energy intensity at the target tissue is at or above a prescribed treatment level, while an energy intensity at tissue to be protected in the ultrasound energy delivery path outside of the target tissue is at or below a prescribed safety level.

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