SHEAR WAVE GENERATION METHOD, SHEAR WAVE IMAGING METHOD AND THERMAL MAPPING OR TREATING METHOD UTILIZING SUCH A GENERATION METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE SHEAR WAVE
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICAL (INSERM);UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
发明人:
Stefan CATHELINE,Remi SOUCHON,Ali ZORGANI,Jean-Yves CHAPELON
申请号:
US15119458
公开号:
US20170007206A1
申请日:
2015.02.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
Method for generating a shear wave in a target region of a soft solid, includes the following steps: a) generating at least two shear waves with a first and a second source of shear waves in the target region; b) detecting a propagation pattern of the shear wave in the target region with a detector unit including a row of ultrasonic transducers aligned on a first direction perpendicular to a detection direction of each or a single ultrasonic transducer movable along a first direction perpendicular to its detection direction; c) proceeding to a time reversal of the detected propagation pattern; and d) submitting the target region to an inverted excitation set of forces based on the temporally inverted propagation pattern. During step b), a first propagation pattern is detected when only the first source is active and a second propagation pattern is detected when only the second source is active.