The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2020
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Peng Jiang, Shenzhen, CN;
Shuangshuang Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An ultrasound elastography method and system are provided. The method may include: exciting an ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound waves to a body tissue under examination and receive ultrasound echoes to obtain a first ultrasound echo signal, wherein the ultrasound probe comprises an ultrasound transducer provided with multiple array elements; obtaining an ultrasound image of a body tissue under examination; displaying the ultrasound image; generating a shear waves within the body tissue under examination; exciting array elements of a ultrasound transducer to transmit the ultrasound waves to form an ultrasound beam covering a first region within the body tissue under examination; receiving the ultrasound echoes from the first region to obtain the second ultrasound echo signal; and obtaining the propagation path of the shear waves within the first region according to the second ultrasound echo signal.