US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER on Aug. 5 for "In-vivo quantification of fat content in an organ of a living subject using ultrasound" (New York, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,819, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER (Rochester, N.Y.).

"In-vivo quantification of fat content in an organ of a living subject using ultrasound" was invented by Kevin J. Parker (Rochester, N.Y.) and Juvenal Ormachea (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for determining the percent volume of fat in an organ (advantageously, the liver) of a living subject. Radiation (advantageously shear waves of known frequency and amplitude) is directed into the liver. The speed with which the radiation propagates within the liver, and the attenuation of the amplitude of the radiation caused by...