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Tissue identifying method in ultrasonography and ultrasonograph

  • US 20040260180A1
  • Filed: 02/19/2004
  • Published: 12/23/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for identifying a living tissue in an ultrasonic diagnosis, comprising the steps of:

  • measuring at least an elasticity of a living tissue to be diagnosed in each local small area by using ultrasound;

    managing, in a data library, at least elasticity data for each kind of known living tissue such as an adipose area, a thrombus area, an elastic fiber, a collagen fiber, and a calcified area, the elasticity data being composed of an elasticity modulus frequency histogram in each local small area for each kind of living tissue; and

    identifying the kind of living tissue to be diagnosed, at least regarding the elasticity data serving as a measurement result, by using the elasticity data for each kind of known living tissue.

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