Methods and apparatus to measure constitutive relations and fiber orientation of soft tissues
Inventors: Kang Kim, Choon Hwai Yap
Patent Number: US10564143B2
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.