Patents
US 12740763 B2: Treatment planning and aberration correction algorithms for high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of soft tissue targets
- Granted
- 2026-09-22
- Filed
- 2025-08-08 application 19295387
- Type
- Utility · 22 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Treatment planning and aberration correction algorithms for high intensity focused ultrasound (Hifu) ablation of soft tissue targets, and associated systems and methods are described. In one embodiment, a method for planning a sonication treatment of a target in a body includes obtaining a 3D anatomical model of the target and a portion of the body that is disposed between an ultrasound transducer and the target, where the ultrasound transducer is a phased array ultrasound transducer comprising a plurality of elements. The method also includes: selecting a position of the ultrasound transducer by applying a transducer positioning algorithm for optimizing a sonication geometry; and simulating an aberrated ultrasound field at the target, where the aberrated ultrasound field is a linear high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) field. The method also includes compensating for phase aberrations of the aberrated ultrasound field by: backpropagating an ultrasound field from a virtual point source at the target, through the portion of the body that is disposed between the ultrasound transducer and the target, toward the ultrasound transducer, where the ultrasound field is spherical at the virtual point; and, based on backpropagating the ultrasound field from the virtual point, determining time delays at the elements of the ultrasound transducer, where the time delays are configured for compensating the phase aberrations of the ultrasound field at the virtual point source.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 (ipgb20260922.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1,041 patents | US company or organization | Seattle, WA | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tatiana D. Khokhlova | Seattle, WA | 11 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | |
| Vera A. Khokhlova | Seattle, WA | 15 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | |
| Pavel Rosnitskiy | Seattle, WA | 2 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 | |
| Oleg A. Sapozhnikov | Seattle, WA | 22 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B8/4494 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-09-22 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
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