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Method and device for heating by means of ultrasound

  • US 5,938,600 A
  • Filed: 12/09/1996
  • Issued: 08/17/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of irradiating a moving target region within a body by ultrasound comprising:

  • performing by a magnetic resonance (MR) device the steps ofgenerating and receiving MR signals in the body,processing the received MR signals,determining automatically movement of the moving target region from the processed MR signals and,generating automatically from the determined movement a control signal representing the determined movement of the moving target region,performing by an ultrasound device the step ofirradiating automatically the body with ultrasound, the ultrasound device being responsive to the generated control signal so that a focal region of the ultrasound is in the moving target region, andrepeating the prior steps in order that the focal region of the ultrasound remains within the moving target region.

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