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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2006
Applicants:
Ray Vanderby, Madison, WI (US);
Hirohito Kobayashi, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Ray Vanderby, Madison, WI (US);
Hirohito Kobayashi, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ultrasound machine processes ultrasonic data according to acoustoelastic properties of the materials to obtain strain information without specific assumptions with respect to the material properties of the measured material or a variety of different material properties normally not obtained by ultrasound machines.