APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL WAVES INTO LIVING BODIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AN ORGAN OR TISSUE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SAID ORGAN OR TISSUE
Xavier Francois Maitre,Luc Darrasse,Ralph Sinkus,Charles Bruno Louis
申请号：
US13817329
公开号：
US20130237807A1
申请日:
2011.08.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
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摘要：
A method and apparatus (100) for vibrating an organ and/or tissue and/or region of a subjects body (202) without a mechanical transmission to characterize at least one mechanical property of the region and/or tissue and/or organ, the apparatus (100) includes: elements (114-118) for generating a pressure wave of a given frequency in a gaseous medium, and waveguide elements (106) for guiding, in a gaseous medium, the pressure wave from the generating elements (114-118) to a human or animal body (202). Wave guiding in the airways of a human or animal body and tissue displacement mapping, anisotropy, and mechanical property characterizing systems (300) and methods are also described.
