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EP1614388 - Method for performing elastography [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusThe application is deemed to be withdrawn
Status updated on  23.03.2007
Database last updated on 23.04.2024
Most recent event   Tooltip23.03.2007Application deemed to be withdrawnpublished on 25.04.2007  [2007/17]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
101, Rue de Tolbiac
75654 Paris Cedex 13 / FR
[2006/02]
Inventor(s)01 / Chapelon, Jean-Yves
6 allée Marcel Archart
69100 Villeurbanne / FR
02 / Souchon, Rémi
15 rue Jean Moulin
38200 vienne / FR
 [2006/02]
Representative(s)Hirsch & Associés
154 Boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris / FR
[N/P]
Former [2006/02]Hirsch & Associés
58, avenue Marceau
75008 Paris / FR
Application number, filing date04291758.309.07.2004
[2006/02]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP1614388
Date:11.01.2006
Language:EN
[2006/02]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP23.11.2004
ClassificationIPC:A61B8/08
[2006/02]
CPC:
A61B8/0833 (EP,US); A61B8/485 (EP,US); G01S15/8959 (EP,US);
G01S15/8977 (EP,US); G01S7/52042 (EP,US)
Designated contracting states[2006/37]
Former [2006/02]AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HU,  IE,  IT,  LI,  LU,  MC,  NL,  PL,  PT,  RO,  SE,  SI,  SK,  TR 
TitleGerman:Verfahren zur Durchführung von Elastographie[2006/02]
English:Method for performing elastography[2006/02]
French:Méthode pour la mise en oeuvre de l'élastographie[2006/02]
Examination procedure12.07.2006Application deemed to be withdrawn, date of legal effect  [2007/17]
10.11.2006Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: examination fee not paid in time  [2007/17]
Fees paidPenalty fee
Penalty fee Rule 85a EPC 1973
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22.08.2006BE   M01   Not yet paid
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22.08.2006SI   M01   Not yet paid
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22.08.2006TR   M01   Not yet paid
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Documents cited:Search[DA]US6213947  (PHILLIPS PATRICK [US]) [DA] 5,6,11 * column 3, line 32 - column 11, line 3; figures 1-4 *;
 [DA]  - ALAM S K ET AL, "AN ADAPTIVE STRAIN ESTIMATOR FOR ELASTOGRAPHY", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ULTRASONICS, FERROELECTRICS AND FREQUENCY CONTROL, IEEE INC. NEW.YORK, US, (19980301), vol. 45, no. 2, ISSN 0885-3010, pages 461 - 472, XP000775484 [DA] 1-11 * page 461 - page 464, paragraph II * * figures 1,2,5,6 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/58.660156
 [A]  - BRUSSEAU E ET AL, "Axial strain imaging of intravascular data: results on polyvinyl alcohol cryogel phantoms and carotid artery", ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, NEW YORK, NY, US, (200112), vol. 27, no. 12, ISSN 0301-5629, pages 1631 - 1642, XP004336367 [A] 1-11 * page 1634, column 1, paragraph 2 - page 1635, column 1, paragraph 3 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00451-3
 [A]  - M. BILGEN, "Dynamics of errors in 3D motion estimation and implications for strain-tensor imaging in acoustic elastography", PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, (200006), vol. 45, pages 1565 - 1578, XP002305007 [A] 1 * page 1567, line 29 - line 34 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/45/6/312
 [A]  - R. SOUCHON, J.-C. BERA, A. POUSSE, J.-Y. CHAPELON, "Improvement in elastographic signal-to-noise ratio and resolution using coded excitation in elastography", 147TH MEETING OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, (20040524), page 2412, XP002305008 [A] 5,6,11 * the whole document *
 [A]  - PEDERSEN M H ET AL, "Clinical evaluation of chirp-coded excitation in medical ultrasound", ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, NEW YORK, NY, US, (200306), vol. 29, no. 6, ISSN 0301-5629, pages 895 - 905, XP004434875 [A] 5,11 * page 896, column 1, paragraph 4 - page 899, column 1, paragraph 2 * * figures 1-4 *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00784-6
 [A]  - JUNRU WU ET AL, "TEMPERATURE ELEVATION IN TISSUES GENERATED BY FINITE-AMPLITUDE TONE BURSTS OF ULTRASOUND", JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS. NEW YORK, US, (19900901), vol. 88, no. 3, ISSN 0001-4966, pages 1562 - 1577, XP000371617 [A] 6 * page 1564 - page 1566, paragraphs A-B *

DOI:   http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.400315
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 US6277074
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