Patent · US Expired

Ultrasonography of the prostate

US6428479B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

NYCOMED IMAGING AS · NO

Inventors

Anne Kirsti Aksnes · Oslo, NO
Morten Eriksen · Oslo, NO
Else Kruger Hagen · Oslo, NO
Audun Tornes · Oslo, NO

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2000
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B8/543
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Prostate abnormalities such as cancer may be detected by ultrasonic determination of the in-flow kinetics of contrast agent-containing blood in the prostate and/or by observation of disease-related asymmetries in the spoke-like vascular pattern of the prostate.

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