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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2004
Applicants:
James A. Zagzebski, Madison, WI (US);
Tomy Varghese, Madison, WI (US);
Anthony L. Gerig, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
James A. Zagzebski, Madison, WI (US);
Tomy Varghese, Madison, WI (US);
Anthony L. Gerig, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/036 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Parametric ultrasonic measurements which characterize the structure of tissue, using information from an ultrasonic signal beyond amplitude information, are obtained by combining multiple ultrasonic signals acquired at different angles, thereby reducing the variance of the calculations. Such angular compounding may be applied to detecting scatterer size, spacing, density, and attenuation.