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System and method for electromechanical wave imaging of body structures

US8858441B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

Elisa E. Konofagou · New York, US
Mathieu Pernot · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	May 12, 2006
Grant date	Oct 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01S15/8977
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method for detecting electromechanical wave propagation within a body structure of a patient in a series of image frames representing movement the body structure. Image data is acquired comprising a series of image frames corresponding to the movement of a body structure. A correlation calculation is performed on the image frames to generate a displacement map representing the relative displacement between the first and second image frames. A video is generated comprising a series of displacement maps. The parameters of movement of the body structure are detected by analysis of the displacement maps. The image acquisition may detect the movement of the body structure without inducing such movement.

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