Ultrasound transducer and system for real-time simultaneous therapy and diagnosis for noninvasive surgery of prostate tissue

A design of an integrated multifunctional confocal phase array (IMCPA) and a strategy to perform both imaging and therapy simultaneously with this array are described for noninvasive treatment of prostate tissue by using high-intensity focused ultrasound. The results have shown that the 13-bit Barker code with 3 cycles per bit has provided acceptable performances and they have also shown the feasibility of the transducer design and system for real-time imaging during therapy.