Method and apparatus for the identification and characterization of regions of altered stiffness
US6951544B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S15/8993
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A remote palpation technique in breast imaging involves the use of multiple applications of radiation force in rapid succession throughout a two-dimensional plane in the target tissue medium (10), and combination of the small, two-dimensional displacement maps from each force location into a single, larger remote palpation image (block 43). Apparatus for carrying out the foregoing method is also disclosed.
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