Patents by Inventor Debaditya Dutta

Debaditya Dutta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT LIPID CONTENTS IN TISSUES USING ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20220409166
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • Method and apparatus to detect lipid contents in tissues using ultrasound
    Patent number: 11464479
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT LIPID CONTENTS IN TISSUES USING ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20190282198
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • Method and apparatus to detect lipid contents in tissues using ultrasound
    Patent number: 10357223
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT LIPID CONTENTS IN TISSUES USING ULTRASOUND
    Publication number: 20150327835
    Abstract: A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kang Kim, Ahmed M. Mahmoud, Debaditya Dutta