System and method for shear wave elastography by transmitting ultrasound with subgroups of ultrasound transducer elements
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| Filing date | Oct 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/0422
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for performing shear wave elastography using push and/or detection ultrasound beams that are generated by subsets of the available number of transducer elements in an ultrasound transducer. These techniques provide several advantages over currently available approaches to shear wave elastography, including the ability to use a standard, low frame rate ultrasound imaging system and the ability to measure shear wave speed throughout the entire field-of-view rather than only those regions where the push beams are not generated.
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