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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL WAVES INTO LIVING BODIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AN ORGAN OR TISSUE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SAID ORGAN OR TISSUE
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL WAVES INTO LIVING BODIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AN ORGAN OR TISSUE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERISING THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SAID ORGAN OR TISSUE
A method and apparatus (100) for vibrating an organ and/or tissue and/or region of a subject's body (202) without a mechanical transmission to characterize at least one mechanical property of the region and/or tissue and/or organ, the apparatus (100) includes: elements (114-118) for generating a pressure wave of a given frequency in a gaseous medium, and waveguide elements (106) for guiding, in a gaseous medium, the pressure wave from the generating elements (114-118) to a human or animal body (202). Wave guiding in the airways of a human or animal body and tissue displacement mapping, anisotropy, and mechanical property characterizing systems (300) and methods are also described.
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