Method and apparatus for detecting and/or imaging clusters of small scattering centers in the body

Perez-Mendez, V; Sommer, F G

Title: Method and apparatus for detecting and/or imaging clusters of small scattering centers in the body

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An ultrasonic method and apparatus are provided for detecting and imaging clusters of small scattering centers in the breast wherein periodic pulses are applied to an ultrasound emitting transducer and projected into the body, thereafter being received by at least one receiving transducer positioned to receive scattering from the scattering center clusters. The signals are processed to provide an image showing cluster extent and location. 6 figs.

Inventors:: Perez-Mendez, V; Sommer, F G

Issue Date:: 1982-07-13

OSTI Identifier:: 7254113

Patent Number(s):: 4338948

Application Number:: PPN: US 6-134624

Assignee:: Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 27 Mar 1980

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; IMAGE SCANNERS; DESIGN; MAMMARY GLANDS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; BODY; GLANDS; ORGANS; PROCESSING; 550600* - Medicine

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