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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan Ophir, Houston, TX (US);
David P Shattuck, Houston, TX (US);
Assignees:
The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
The University of Houston-University Park, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12866001 ; 73597 ; 73602 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method for correcting angle error present in in vivo sound velocity estimations. More particularly, this invention relates to a method for estimating the angle of misdirection of a tracked ultrasound beam used in sound velocity measurements in conjunction with multi-tracking ultrasound beams.