Method and device for functional imaging of the brain

US10653387B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) · FR
• CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE · FR
• École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris · FR
• Universite Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris 6) · FR
• UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT—PARIS 7 · FR

Inventors

• Mickael Tanter · Paris, FR
• Jean-Luc Gennisson · Cergy, FR
• Thomas Deffieux · Paris, FR
• Mathieu Pernot · Paris, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2015
• Grant date: May 19, 2020
• Expiry date: May 1, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30104
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Method for functional imaging of the brain, comprising the following steps: (a) a brain is imaged by ultrasound imaging in order to obtain a vascular image to be studied (IVO), (b) the vascular image to be studied (IVO) is compared automatically, by shape recognition, with a cerebral vascular atlas (AV), and the vascular image to be studied (IVO) is thus located in the cerebral vascular atlas (AV), (c) a cerebral functional atlas (AF) corresponding to said cerebral vascular atlas (AV) and comprising cerebral functional zones (1c) located in this cerebral vascular atlas (AV) is used in such a way as to identify cerebral functional zones (1e) on the vascular image to be studied (IVO).