Methods And Apparatus To Measure Constitutive Relations And Fiber Orientation Of Soft Tissues
Inventors: Kang Kim: Choon Hwai Yap
Patent Number: 14/772,363
Abstract
The systems and methods provided herein relate to the performance of inverse reconstruction algorithms from ultrasound radiofrequency data and stress-strain data. These systems and methods can be applied to any soft tissue mechanical measurements, providing information about both mechanical properties and fiber orientation, and the relationships between them.