Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for multiple transmit contrast imaging
- Patent Title (中): 多重透射造影成像的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11879449Application Date: 2007-07-16
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Publication No.: US07803115B2Publication Date: 2010-09-28
- Inventor: Lihong Pan , Michael Joseph Washburn , Kirstin Nora LaConte
- Applicant: Lihong Pan , Michael Joseph Washburn , Kirstin Nora LaConte
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Small Patent Law Group
- Agent Dean D. Small
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/14

Abstract:
A method for measuring a non-linear response from a target using an imaging apparatus includes transmitting a signal towards a region of interest from a transducer at a first amplitude and measuring a first response thereto, and transmitting, from the transducer towards the region of interest, at least one additional signal of the same phase as the first amplitude signal but at one or more different, lower amplitudes and measuring at least one additional response thereto. A difference of a function of the measured additional response or responses from the first response is determined, thereby obtaining a non-linear response of the object of interest, and a representation of the non-linear response is displayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090024036A1 Method and apparatus for multiple transmit contrast imaging Public/Granted day:2009-01-22
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