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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Chunfeng Zhao, Rochester, MN (US);
Kai-nan an, Rocheser, MN (US);
Peter C. Amadio, Rochester, MN (US);
Hector R. Villarraga, Rochester, MN (US);
Yuichi Yoshii, Ibaragai, JP;
Chunfeng Zhao, Rochester, MN (US);
Kai-Nan An, Rocheser, MN (US);
Peter C. Amadio, Rochester, MN (US);
Hector R. Villarraga, Rochester, MN (US);
Yuichi Yoshii, Ibaragai, JP;
MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for using dynamic ultrasonic imaging to analyze a subject's carpal tunnel and generate risk factors indicative of the health of the subject's subsynovial connective tissue and the subject's risk of developing carpal tunnel syndrome. The system and method uses speckle imaging techniques to track dynamic structures within the carpal tunnel and statistical analysis techniques to compare the properties of these dynamic structures of the subject to those of normal subjects and subjects having carpal tunnel syndrome.