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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);

Inventors:

James F. Greenleaf, Rochester, MN (US);

Shigao Chen, Rochester, MN (US);

Pengfei Song, Rochester, MN (US);

Armando Manduca, Rochester, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/26 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/262 (2013.01); G01S 7/5209 (2013.01); G01S 7/52022 (2013.01); G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G01S 15/8915 (2013.01); G01S 15/8927 (2013.01); G01N 2291/011 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02475 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02827 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0422 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for performing shear wave elastography using push and/or detection ultrasound beams that are generated by subsets of the available number of transducer elements in an ultrasound transducer. These techniques provide several advantages over currently available approaches to shear wave elastography, including the ability to use a standard, low frame rate ultrasound imaging system and the ability to measure shear wave speed throughout the entire field-of-view rather than only those regions where the push beams are not generated.


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