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Method for imaging strain of a target body

US7905148B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignees

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) · US
U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS) · US

Inventors

Raffaella Righetti · Houston, US
Jonathan Ophir · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 11, 2009
Grant date	Mar 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B8/488
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention is directed toward a new method for estimating and imaging the spatial and temporal mechanical behavior of materials in responses to a mechanical stimulus. This method is designed to work in inherently noisy applications, such as the imaging of the time-dependent mechanical behavior of biological tissues in vivo and using a preferred hand-held configuration of scanning.

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