APPELMAN, YOLANDE,DOEVENDANS, PIETER A.,KNIGHT, DONALD J.
申请号：
CA2691764
公开号：
CA2691764C
申请日:
2008.06.24
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
A method and system for reducingvascular plaque non-invasively comprising thesteps of imaging at least a portion of a mammalianbody to produce an image； determining the locationof at least one vascular plaque in said image；ascertaining the location of the base of said vascularplaque, said locaiton of base being the targetlocation； precisely determining the relative positionof said target location with respect to the cardiacrhythm in the body； delivering a beam of ultrasoundenergy waves from a source to the relativeposition to elevate temperature of said targetlocation in a pre-determined manner； monitoringthe temperature of the target location； anddiscontinuing delivery of ultrasound energy waves whensaid target location achieves a predetermined settemperature.
