Method for imaging the mechanical properties of tissue
CA 2457376 C · Owner: The University Of British Columbia · Inventors: Rohling, Robert N.; Salcudean, Septimiu E.; Turgay, Emre
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An imaging system comprises a device to excite mechanical waves in elastic tissue a device for measuring the resulting tissue motion at a plurality of locations interior to the tissue at a number of time instances a computing device to calculate the mechanical properties of tissue from the measurements and a display to show the properties according to their location. A parameter identification method for calculating the mechanical properties is based on fitting a lumped dynamic parametric model of the tissue dynamics to their measurements. Alternatively the mechanical properties are calculated from transfer functions computed from measurements at adjacent locations in the tissue. The …
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- Filed February 11, 2004 and granted September 15, 2015. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 11, 2024.
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