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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Stergios Stergiopoulos, Toronto, CA;
Andreas Freibert, Toronto, CA;
Jason Zhang, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Her Majesty The Queen in right of Canada as Represented by The Minister of Health, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0808 (2013.01); G01N 2291/048 (2013.01); A61B 5/4064 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is the use of ultrasound pulses at different frequencies to track the dispersion properties of intracranial tissues which may have been altered due to traumatic or other neurological brain injury. Dispersive ultrasound does not provide imaging, but it can provide data of significant diagnostic value by using decision support systems that can be trained as a medical diagnostic system for traumatic brain injuries applications to detect specific patterns of dispersion that are associated with specific intracranial injuries.