Device and method for measuring elasticity of a human or animal organ and for two- or three-dimensional representation thereof
Abstract
A device for measuring elasticity of a human or animal organ, or viscoelastic environments presenting an ultrasonic signal after ultrasonic illumination and consecutively establishing a representation in two or three dimensions of the elasticity, including at least one ultrasonic bar including a plurality of transducers, an excitor that generates and delivers a low-frequency, direct or indirect applied force, a receiver that acquires ultrasonic signals, a controller that commands and processes data, and a scanner that carries out scanning with the bar in one dimension (1D) or in two dimensions (2D) in two perpendicular directions, respectively, to obtain a representation of the measure of the elasticity in two (2D) or three dimensions (3D).
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Priority claims2
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0211074 | France | A | |
| 0302630 | France | W |
Members15
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR2844178A1 | France | A1 | |
| WO2004021888A2 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A2 | |
| AU2003278246A1 | Australia | A1 | |
| WO2004021888A3 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A3 | |
| EP1538987A2 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A2 | |
| FR2844178B1 | France | B1 | |
| US2005251042A1 | United States of America | A1 | |
| CN1700886A | China | A | |
| JP2005537835A | Japan | A | |
| CN100391410C | China | C | |
| US7553283B2 | United States of America | B2 | |
| JP4405920B2 | Japan | B2 | |
| EP1538987B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| ATE537754T1This record | Austria | T1 | |
| ES2378817T3 | Spain | T3 |
Numbers
- Application
- 3769557
Titles2
- German
- VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR MESSUNG DER ELASTIZITÄT EINES MENSCHLICHEN ODER TIERISCHEN ORGANS UND ZUR ERZEUGUNG EINER ZWEI- ODER DREIDIMENSIONALEN DARSTELLUNG DIESER ELASTIZITÄT
- English
- DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE ELASTICITY OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL ORGAN AND FOR GENERATING A TWO OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF THIS ELASTICITY
Classification
- CPC, 6
- A61B8/485
- A61B8/0825
- A61B8/4281
- A61B8/483
- G01S7/52042
- G01S15/8993
- IPC, 5
- G01N29 00
- A61B8 00
- A61B8 08
- G01N19 00
- G01S15 89