Apparatus for treatment with acoustic waves
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1. A therapy apparatus for treatment with acoustic waves, comprising:
- a source of acoustic waves and means for focusing said acoustic waves on a therapeutic effective region;
displacement means for displacing the therapeutic effective region and a subject relative to one another;
means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a first dataset identifying a spatial position of the therapeutic effective region and an orientation of the source relative to a first spatial coordinate system;
means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a second dataset identifying a spatial position and an orientation of the subject relative to a second spatial coordinate system;
display means for displaying, at an arbitrary time and place, an image of a portion of said subject, said portion containing a body region to be treated with the focused acoustic waves, and means for obtaining, on the basis of said image, a third dataset identifying a spatial position and orientation of said body region relative to a third spatial coordinate system;
means for storing spatial position data identifying respective spatial positions of said first, second and third coordinate systems relative to each other; and
means, supplied with said first, second and third datasets and with said spatial position data, for mixing a mark into said image, dependent on said first, second and third datasets and said spatial position data, indicating the position of said therapeutic effective region.
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Abstract
In an apparatus for treatment of a subject with acoustic waves, a spatial allocation, required for the treatment of the patient and a source of acoustic waves relative to each other is effected by a surgical work station using a three-dimensional navigation system on the basis of a number of images of a region to be treated, which are obtained independently of the treatment apparatus, in different coordinate systems, and are displayed on a display screen of the work station.
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1. A therapy apparatus for treatment with acoustic waves, comprising:
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a source of acoustic waves and means for focusing said acoustic waves on a therapeutic effective region; displacement means for displacing the therapeutic effective region and a subject relative to one another; means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a first dataset identifying a spatial position of the therapeutic effective region and an orientation of the source relative to a first spatial coordinate system; means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a second dataset identifying a spatial position and an orientation of the subject relative to a second spatial coordinate system; display means for displaying, at an arbitrary time and place, an image of a portion of said subject, said portion containing a body region to be treated with the focused acoustic waves, and means for obtaining, on the basis of said image, a third dataset identifying a spatial position and orientation of said body region relative to a third spatial coordinate system; means for storing spatial position data identifying respective spatial positions of said first, second and third coordinate systems relative to each other; and means, supplied with said first, second and third datasets and with said spatial position data, for mixing a mark into said image, dependent on said first, second and third datasets and said spatial position data, indicating the position of said therapeutic effective region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A therapy apparatus for treatment with acoustic waves, comprising:
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a source of acoustic waves and means for focusing said acoustic waves on a therapeutic effective region; means for displacing said therapeutic effective region and a subject relative to one another; means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a first dataset identifying a spatial position of the therapeutic effective region and an orientation of said source relative to a first spatial coordinate system; means for producing, at an arbitrary time and place, a second dataset identifying a spatial position and an orientation of said subject relative to a second spatial coordinate system; display means for displaying, at an arbitrary time and place, an image of a portion of said subject, said portion containing a body region to be treated with said focused acoustic waves and means for obtaining, on the basis of said image, a third dataset identifying a spatial position and orientation of said region to be treated relative to a third spatial coordinate system; means for marking a body region to be treated on said subject and for mixing a marking identifying said body region into said image; means for storing spatial position data identifying respective positions of said first, second and third coordinate systems relative to each other; and control means, supplied with said first, second and third datasets, with said spatial position data, and with data identifying a position of said marking in said image, for controlling operation of said displacement means, dependent on said first, second and third datasets, said spatial position data and said data identifying the position of said marking in said image, for causing said therapeutic effective region to lie in said body region to be treated and for identifying said therapeutic effective region with said marking. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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