Toshiyuki Kuwa

US Patent:

6514208, Feb 4, 2003

Filed:

Mar 24, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/534328

Inventors:

Leopoldo C. Cancio - San Antonio TX
Natalia P. Matylevitch - San Antoino TX
Toshiyuki Kuwa - San Antonio TX

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

A61B 800

US Classification:

600454, 600443, 600455

Abstract:

This invention relates to estimating the amount of blood flowing to the tissues of the kidney. More particularly, the invention is related to analyzing obtained power Doppler ultrasound images taken of the kidney and even more specifically of the kidney cortex tissue to produce a numerical value that correlates to the blood flow.