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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Bracco Suisse S.a., Manno, CH;

Inventors:

Gilles Casqueiro, Manno, CH;

Emmanuel Gaud, Manno, CH;

Marcel Arditi, Manno, CH;

Peter Frinking, Manno, CH;

Assignee:

Bracco Suisse S.A., Manno, CH;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61N 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/06 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/58 (2013.01); A61N 7/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/06 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0039 (2013.01); A61N 2007/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for use with an ultrasound scanner, wherein an estimate value (particularly, a power level of the ultrasound scanner that is required to apply a desired acoustic pressure level to the body-part, the acoustic pressure level that is actually applied to the body-part when a specific power level is set, an acoustic attenuation that occurs within a patient between a transducer of the ultrasound scanner and the body-part and/or the acoustic attenuation that occurs within the patient between different body-parts) is determined according to a comparison between measurement data (based on a measurement response comprising a non-fundamental component of a measurement echo signal received in response to a measurement excitation signal) and corresponding reference data. Corresponding computer program product, system, therapeutic method, and diagnostic method are also provided.


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