Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for binding dynamics of targeted microbubbles
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Application No.: US14559422Application Date: 2014-12-03
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Publication No.: US09949722B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: F. William Mauldin, Jr. , Shiying Wang , John A. Hossack , Alexander L. Klibanov
- Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Applicant Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Current Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Charlottesville
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; G06T7/00 ; A61B8/00
Abstract:
An ultrasound system and method that can include: a receive beamformer configured to receive signals from a transducer; a processor coupled to the receive beamformer, the processor configured to: analyze echo data reflected from a region of interest, the echo data elicited by a transmitted pulse sequence; using the echo data, determine a central tendency of a signal magnitude from regions of adherent microbubbles over time within the region of interest; determine a time series of the signal magnitude; using the time series, determine an initial signal magnitude parameter; obtain a saturated signal parameter and a residual signal parameter using the time series; and determine a relative indication of information indicative of the residual signal magnitude versus the saturated signal magnitude.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150150534A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BINDING DYNAMICS OF TARGETED MICROBUBBLES Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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