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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Institut National DE LA Sante ET DE LA Recherche Medicale (Inserm), Paris, FR;
Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;
Université Paris Cité, Paris, FR;
Sorbonne Université, Paris, FR;
Ecole Superieure DE Physique ET DE Chimie Industrielles DE LA Ville DE Paris, Paris, FR;
Mathieu Pernot, Paris, FR;
Thomas Deffieux, Paris, FR;
Mickael Tanter, Paris, FR;
Clément Papadacci, Paris, FR;
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), Paris, FR;
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE—CNRS, Paris, FR;
UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ, Paris, FR;
SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ, Paris, FR;
ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE PHYSIQUE ET DE CHIMIE INDUSTRIELLES DE LA VILLE DE PARIS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Because of the increase of the obesity related diseases, it is desirable to be able to detect a fatty liver and quantify the content in fat for the fatty liver. Known methods are biopsy and magnetic resonance imaging. However, biopsy is an invasive method and magnetic resonance imaging is a complicated method to carry out. The inventors propose a new ultrasonic method, which is more compliant with a regular control of the content in fat for the fatty liver for a subject. This method notably relies on a smart exploitation of the coherence properties of ultrasound pulses applied to the liver. This method has already been validated on sane subjects as providing accurate measurements, notably for fat content.