West, Lawrence C.,Chen, Kailiang,Ralston, Tyler S.,Satir, Sarp,Zahorian, Jaime Scott
申请号：
AU2018290991
公开号：
AU2018290991A1
申请日:
2018.06.29
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
Ultrasound devices configured to perform high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) are described. An ultrasound device may include HIFU units configured to emit high acoustic intensities and elasticity detectors configured to determine characteristics of the target area of a human body based on the elasticity of the target area. The elasticity detectors may determine, e.g., whether the target area is healthy, and if not, the type cell in need of treatment (e.g., the type of cancer cell present in the target area). In one example, the elasticity detectors may be configured to determine the stiffness of the target area, which may provide an indication as to the type of cell present in the area, by estimating the velocity of a shear wave propagating away from the target area. The shear wave may arise in response to the application of an ultrasound wave to the target area.
