Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and method for propagation speed analysis of shear wave and elastic modulus measurement of a tissue
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Application No.: US16896816Application Date: 2020-06-09
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Publication No.: US11540809B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Masaru Fuse
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-130047 20190712
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B8/15

Abstract:
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a hardware processor that determines a focal position of a push wave, and positions of observation points in a region of interest indicating an analysis target range within the subject, causes the ultrasonic probe to perform transmission of a push wave focusing on the focal position, and subsequent to the transmission, causes the ultrasonic probe to transmit a detection wave passing through the region of interest within the subject, and calculates amounts of displacement of tissue of the subject at the observation points on the basis of a reflected wave obtained by the ultrasonic probe in response to the transmission of the detection wave, calculates propagation speeds of the shear wave in the tissue of the subject with respect to the observation points on the basis of the amounts of displacement, and evaluates values of the propagation speeds calculated to create an evaluation result.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210007712A1 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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