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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Stanislav Emelianov, Austin, TX (US);

BO Wang, Austin, TX (US);

Jignesh Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Konstantin Sokolov, Austin, TX (US);

Jimmy Su, Austin, TX (US);

Yun-sheng Chen, Austin, TX (US);

Wolfgang Frey, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Stanislav Emelianov, Austin, TX (US);

Bo Wang, Austin, TX (US);

Jignesh Shah, San Jose, CA (US);

Konstantin Sokolov, Austin, TX (US);

Jimmy Su, Austin, TX (US);

Yun-Sheng Chen, Austin, TX (US);

Wolfgang Frey, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 5/0095 (2013.01); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 5/02007 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); G01N 21/1702 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems relating to temperature dependent photoacoustic imaging are provided. In such methods and systems, a tissue sample may be exposed to thermal energy and electromagnetic radiation to generate an acoustic signal, which may be detected. The amplitude of the acoustic signal may be determined and correlated with a tissue property, such as the presence or absence of macrophages or foam cells.


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