The Brigham and Women's Hospital;The Regents of the University of California
发明人:
Seung-Schik Yoo,Alexander Bystritsky,Nathan McDannold,Ferenc A. Jolesz
申请号：
US15447027
公开号：
US20170164894A1
申请日:
2017.03.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for providing ultrasound treatment to a patient. In one aspect, a method for adjusting a magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment plan with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system and an ultrasound system includes: (1) identifying a location in a subject that is to receive treatment； (2) applying pulses of focused ultrasound to the identified location with the ultrasound system in order to modulate a level of naturally occurring hormones； (3) concurrently with applying the pulses of focused ultrasound, acquiring with the MRI system functional image data from the subject； (4) obtaining a series of functional images of the subject using the functional image data, the functional images indicative of the modified neuronal activity； and (5) adjusting one or more parameters of the MRgFUS treatment plan using the reconstructed series of functional images.
