an ultrasound probe structure comprising a treatment transducer for transmitting a focused ultrasound signal and an image transducer for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic image signal;

a reception switch for selecting a plurality of first elements among elements of the image transducer as a protection area and deactivating same, and selecting a plurality of second other elements among the elements of the image transducer as a reception area and activating same;

an image beamformer for forming a reception beam signal by focusing ultrasonic echo signals received from the plurality of second elements;

an image generator for generating an image for a target area in an object on the basis of the reception beam signal; and

a controller for controlling the selection of the protection area and reception area by means of a reception switch, to protect the image transducer from the focused ultrasound signal of the treatment transducer,

wherein

the plurality of first elements are in a central area of the image transducer

the plurality of second elements are in a peripheral area corresponding on each of the left and right sides of the central area of the image transducer.