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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2007
Jérémy Bercoff, Aix en Provence, FR;
David Savery, Cabries, FR;
Claude Cohen-bacrie, Ventrabren, FR;
Jacques Souquet, Puyricard, FR;
Jérémy Bercoff, Aix en Provence, FR;
David Savery, Cabries, FR;
Claude Cohen-Bacrie, Ventrabren, FR;
Jacques Souquet, Puyricard, FR;
Super Sonic Imagine, , FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for imaging a visco-elastic medium (). The method comprises an excitation step during which an internal mechanical stress is generated in an excitation zone [A] and an imaging step of acquiring signals during the movements generated by the mechanical stress in the visco-elastic medium () in response to the internal mechanical stress in an imaging zone [B] that includes the excitation zone [A]. According to the invention, the method further comprises a step of calculating a quantitative index [Cij] associated with the rheological properties of the visco-elastic medium () at at least one point [Bij] of the imaging zone situated at a given depth outside the excitation zone [A].