Systems and methods for imaging cortical bone and soft tissue
US12111289B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2291/02475
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for imaging of soft and hard tissues with ultrasound. Such systems and methods can provide for non-contact and quantitative ultrasound images of bone and soft tissue. A method for imaging a biological body segment of soft and hard tissues includes setting geometry and material properties according to a model of the biological body segment to thereby generate a simulated time series data set. The method further includes collecting reflective and transmissive time series data of the biological body segment to thereby form an experimental time series data set and minimizing a difference between the simulated time series data set and the experimental time series data set, thereby imaging the biological body segment. Regularizing travel-time and/or using full waveform tomographic techniques with level set methods enable recovery of cortical bone geometry.
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