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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Endra Life Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean Zahn Douthat, Saline, MI (US);
Jang Hwan Cho, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Michael M. Thornton, London, CA;
ENDRA Life Sciences Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and system for reconstructing a thermoacoustic image that utilizes the steps of directing radio frequency (RF) energy pulses generated by an RF source into a tissue region of interest; detecting, at each of a plurality of views along a scanning trajectory of a transducer element array about the region of interest, acoustic signals generated within the region of interest in response to the RF energy pulses and generating thermoacoustic data; applying at least one correction kernel to the thermoacoustic data; and after the at least one correction kernel has been applied to the thermoacoustic data, reconstructing a thermoacoustic image therefrom.