VERFAHREN UND GERÄT ZUR IDENTIFIKATION UND CHARAKTERISIERUNG VON REGIONEN MIT VERÄNDERTER STEIFIGKEIT

摘要

A remote palpation technique in breast imaging involves the use of multiple applications of radiation force in rapid succession throughout a two-dimensional plane in the target tissue medium ( 10 ), and combination of the small, two-dimensional displacement maps from each force location into a single, larger remote palpation image (block 43 ). Apparatus for carrying out the foregoing method is also disclosed.