Diagnostic Analysis Of Ultrasound Data

Patent · Tue Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:879892

Chambers, David H ^[1]; Mast, Jeffrey ^[2]; Azevedo, Stephen G ^[1]; Wuebbeling, Frank ^[3]; Natterer, Frank ^[4]; Duric, Neb ^[5]; Littrup, Peter J ^[6]; Holsapple, Earle ^[7]

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1. Livermore, CA
2. Loveland, CO
3. Billerbeck, DE
4. Muenster, DE
5. Albuquerque, NM
6. Bloomfield, MI
7. Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

A method and apparatus are provided for investigating tissue in which acoustic data are derived from scattering a plurality of pulsed spherical or cylindrical acoustic waves from a plurality of transmission elements through the tissue to a plurality of receiving elements. The acoustic data, which include a mix of reflected and transmitted acoustic waves, are received and digitized, and a representation of a portion of the tissue is generated from the digitized acoustic data.

• DOE Contract Number: L-8420
• Assignee: Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute (Detroit, MI)
• Patent Number(s): US 6,984,210
• Application Number: 10/323467
• OSTI ID: 879892
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English