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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicants:
Liexiang Fan, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Benson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Liexiang Fan, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Benson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4872 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); G01S 7/52022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fat fraction is estimated from shear wave propagation. Acoustic radiation force is used to generate a shear wave in tissue of interest. The attenuation, center frequency, bandwidth or other non-velocity characteristic of the shear wave is calculated and used to estimate the fat fraction.