Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shear wave amplitude reconstruction for tissue elasticity monitoring and display
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Application No.: US17051899Application Date: 2019-04-25
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Publication No.: US11540810B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Faik Can Meral , Shriram Sethuraman , William Tao Shi , Jochen Kruecker
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/060681 WO 20190425
- International Announcement: WO2019/211175 WO 20191107
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes ultrasound systems and methods configured to determine the elasticity of a target tissue. Systems can include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echoes responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward the tissue, which may include a region of increased stiffness. Systems can also include a beamformer configured to control the transducer to transmit a push pulse into the tissue, thereby generating a shear wave in the region of increased stiffness. The beamformer can be configured to control the transducer to emit tracking pulses adjacent to the push pulse. Systems can further include a processor configured to determine a displacement amplitude of the shear wave and based on the amplitude, generate a qualitative tissue elasticity map of the tissue. The processor can combine the qualitative map with a quantitative map of the same tissue, and based on the combination, determine a boundary of the region of increased stiffness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210106312A1 SHEAR WAVE AMPLITUDE RECONSTRUCTION FOR TISSUE ELASTICITY MONITORING AND DISPLAY Public/Granted day:2021-04-15
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