| 发明名称 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT LIPID CONTENTS IN TISSUES USING ULTRASOUND |
| 摘要 |
A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue. |
| 申请公布号 |
US2015327835(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.11.19 |
| 申请号 |
US201314409378 |
申请日期 |
2013.07.03 |
| 申请人 |
University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education |
发明人 |
Kim Kang;Mahmoud Ahmed M.;Dutta Debaditya |
| 分类号 |
A61B8/08;A61B5/00 |
主分类号 |
A61B8/08 |
| 代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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| 主权项 |
1. A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver of a subject in vivo, the method comprising:
varying the temperature of a target area of a liver in a subject; imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner; and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. |
| 地址 |
Pittsburgh PA US |
