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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Sonovol, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Paul Alexander Dayton, Carrboro, NC (US);
Ryan Christopher Gessner, Durham, NC (US);
James Owen Butler, Durham, NC (US);
Max Stephan Harlacher, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nicholas Allan Norman, Austin, TX (US);
THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
SONOVOL, INC., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for preclinical ultrasound imaging of subjects are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus can include a platform on which a subject is positionable and at least one motion stage for controlling a spatial position of at least one ultrasound transducer relative to the platform in order to acquire ultrasound image data of the subject. Methods for preclinical ultrasound raster scanning of at least one organ or tissue in a subject are also provided, where the at least one organ or tissue is a heart.