Methods for imaging displacement of a target body

Details Methods for imaging displacement of a target body Methods for imaging displacement of a target body

2011-03-15

2011-03-15

Noland, Thomas P (Department: 2856)

Measuring and testing

Vibration

By mechanical waves

C600S437000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07905147

ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed toward a new method for estimating and imaging the spatial and temporal mechanical behavior of materials in responses to a mechanical stimulus. This method is designed to work in inherently noisy applications, such as the imaging of the time-dependent mechanical behavior of biological tissues in vivo and using a preferred hand-held configuration of scanning.

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