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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Endra Life Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
ENDRA Life Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method utilizing thermoacoustic imaging to estimating tissue temperature within a region of interest that includes an object of interest and a reference which are separated by at least one boundary located at least at two boundary locations. The system and method use a thermoacoustic imaging system that includes an adjustable radio frequency (RF) applicator configured to emit RF energy pulses into the tissue region of interest and heat tissue therein and an acoustic receiver configured to receive bipolar acoustic signals generated in response to heating of tissue in the region of interest; and one or more processors that are able to: process received bipolar acoustic generated in the region of interest in response to the RF energy pulses to determine a peak-to-peak amplitude thereof; and calculate a temperature at the at least two boundary locations using the peak-to-peak amplitudes of the bipolar acoustic signals and a distance between the boundary locations.