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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Applicants:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
GE Precision Healthcare Llc, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Flemming Forsberg, Lafayette Hill, PA (US);
David Mills, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John R. Eisenbrey, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Kirk Wallace, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ipshita Gupta, Noida, IN;
Assignees:
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, PA (US);
GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/04 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/04 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61K 49/223 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound using microbubble-based ultrasound contrast agents to accomplish noninvasive subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) in a region of interest (ROI) of a subject. The method of the invention provides a non-invasive, direct, and accurate method for pressure estimation.