Method for identifying living tissue in ultrasonic diagnosis and ultrasonic diagnostic system
CA 2457093 C · Owner: Japan Science & Technology Corporation · Inventors: Kanai, Hiroshi; Koiwa, Yoshiro
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In a method for identifying a living tissue in an ultrasonic diagnosis the , elasticity of a living tissue to be diagnosed is measured for each local small area by , using ultrasound. Elasticity data for each kind of known living tissue is composed of an elasticity modulus frequency histogram in each local small area for , each kind of living tissue and is managed in a data library. Regarding the elasticity data serving as the measurement results the kind of living tissue , to be , diagnosed is identified by using the elastic data for each kind of known living , tissue.
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- Filed August 19, 2002 and granted October 30, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 19, 2022.
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