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Method and apparatus for measuring a physical parameter in mammal soft tissues by propagating shear waves

US10172527B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

SUPERSONIC IMAGINE · FR
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR
UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT—PARIS 7 · FR

Inventors

Mathieu Pernot · Paris, FR
Mickael Tanter · Paris, FR
Mathieu Couade · Les Granettes, FR
Jean-Luc Gennisson · Cergy, FR
Mathias Fink · Meudon, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2009
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 14, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2291/106
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method for measuring a physical parameter in soft tissues of a mammal, in which a mechanical shear wave is propagated through the soft tissues and observation of the propagation leads to determine values of a shear wave propagation parameter. The physical parameter is computed on the basis of these values.

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