METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELASTOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENT AND IMAGING - Patent 0583386

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EP 0 583 386 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	23.02.1994 Bulletin 1994/08

(21)	Application number: 92912465.0

(22)	Date of filing: 07.05.1992

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 29/ 06^{( . )}
G01N 29/ 07^{( . )}

A61B 8/ 00^{( . )}
G01S 15/ 89^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1992/003856

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1992/021023 (26.11.1992 Gazette 1992/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL SE

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Priority:

10.05.1991 US 19910699391

(71)	Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
	Austin, Texas 78701 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	OPHIR, Jonathan Houston, TX 77079 (US) CESPEDES, Ignacio Houston, TX 77027 (US) PONNEKANTI, Hari Houston, TX 77074 (US)

(74)	Representative: Altenburg, Udo, Dipl.-Phys.
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Bardehle . Pagenberg . Dost . Altenburg . Frohwitter . Geissler & Partner Postfach 86 06 20 D-81633 München D-81633 München (DE)

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