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ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLADDER WALL THICKNESS AND MASS

  • US 20100036252A1
  • Filed: 07/02/2009
  • Published: 02/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method to measure wall thickness of an organ using an ultrasound transceiver, the method comprising:

  • positioning an ultrasound transceiver exterior to a patient such that at least a portion of an organ wall is within the range of the transceiver;

    transmitting radio frequency ultrasound pulses as scanlines to, and receiving those pulses echoed back from, the external and internal surface of the portion of the organ wall, and based on those pulses, forming at least one two-dimensional image;

    selecting wall loci at a first position of the organ wall from the two dimensional image;

    adjusting the position of the wall loci by applying a one-dimensional analysis of the pulse echoes associated with the two-dimensional image to a second position and a third position; and

    determining the thickness of the organ wall by calculating the difference of the wall loci between the second and third positions.

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