Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-16
2010-06-29
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S437000, C600S442000, C600S443000, C600S448000, C310S311000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07744535
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasound machine processes ultrasonic data according to acoustoelastic properties of the materials to obtain strain information without specific assumptions with respect to the material properties of the measured material or a variety of different material properties normally not obtained by ultrasound machines.
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Kobayashi Hirohito
Vanderby Ray
Boyle Fredrickson , S.C.
Casler Brian
Kish James
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
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