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Patent No.:

US 10863968 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014

Ultrasonic imaging system with angularly compounded acoustic radiation force excitation

Applicant:

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Ivan Miguel Rosado-Mendez, Madison, WI (US);

Timothy Jon Hall, Madison, WI (US);

Assignee:

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);

Attorney:

Boyle Fredrickson S.C.

Primary Examiner:

Serkan Akar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G10K 11/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); B06B 1/0215 (2013.01); G01S 7/52022 (2013.01); G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G01S 7/52047 (2013.01); G01S 7/52071 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8927 (2013.01); G10K 11/346 (2013.01); G10K 11/348 (2013.01); B06B 2201/20 (2013.01); B06B 2201/40 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01); B06B 2201/76 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ultrasound machine for generating push-pulses to excite shear wave stimulation employs separated angled beams that converge at the target region to generate the push-pulses. In one embodiment, the beams are modulated by a set of apodization functions to reduce side lobes caused by the narrowing of the apertures of the beam as well as transducer heating by reducing the average energy deposited in each transducer element.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Rosado-Mendez, Ivan. (2020). Ultrasonic imaging system with angularly compounded acoustic radiation force excitation (U.S. Patent No. 10863968). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10863968

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