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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Kang Kim, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jingping Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Jonathan M. Rubin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01N 29/06 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/085 (2013.01); A61B 8/0858 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G01N 29/0654 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 2291/02475 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0422 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of evaluating tissue stiffness of a target area includes positioning an ultrasound elasticity imaging apparatus adjacent a surface of an area of tissue where the target area is located and applying a dynamic range of force to the tissue. A plurality of ultrasound beams can be directed at the tissue and a plurality of ultrasound echoes can be acquired from the strained tissue in the target area to calculate an amount of developed strain within the target area.