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ANALYSIS OF REAL TIME BACKSCATTER DATA FOR FAULT SIGNAL GENERATION IN A MEDICAL HIFU DEVICE

  • US 20100241034A1
  • Filed: 03/23/2010
  • Published: 09/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical ultrasound therapy system, comprising:

  • a therapy head;

    a high intensity ultrasound transducer mounted in the therapy head;

    a data store storing information about expected waveform profiles of reflections of the transducer; and

    a controller linked to the data store and the transducer and operative to compare actual waveform profiles to the stored expected waveform profiles and to generate a first signal if the profiles do not substantially match.

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