Device and process for quantifying bodies by means of ultrasound

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6872180
APP PUB NO 20040092820A1
SERIAL NO

10400928

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In the quantification of bodies, especially bubbles, in ultrasonic diagnosis, the problem exists that the concentration of bodies, especially bubbles, is often so high that the image data that is obtained relative to the visualization becomes saturated, such that a quantification is impossible. To solve this problem, it is proposed that the bodies that are contained in the sectional layers of an object under examination first be excited by means of ultrasound to produce characteristic signals and to pick up these signals, to form data sets from the signals, to convert the data sets into an image of the body arrangement in the object under examination and to determine the number of bodies therefrom, whereby at least two ultrasonic signal sets from overlapping sectional layers in the object under examination are picked up.

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ACUSPHERE INC500 ARSENEL STREET WATERTOWN MA 02472

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Briel, Andreas Berlin, DE 7 49
Hauff, Peter Berlin, DE 15 154
Reinhardt, Michael Berlin, DE 15 355

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