Patent ID: RE42803

Claim:
Using A method for the non-ultrasonic detection of symptoms of stroke to dynamically couple an ultrasonic transducer/receiver to a skull, comprising: transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves from within the skull with an ultrasonic transducer/receiver; processing received ultrasonic waves to form an image of a brain within the skull; and modifying a diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke based on the image with data from a non - ultrasonic detection technique, in which the non-ultrasonic detection comprises at least one of the group consisting of computed tomography scanning, magnetic resonance scanning, differential spectrophotometric methods, near-infrared detection of tissue characteristics, detection of a biological material, measurement of a biological material, detection of a chemical, measurement of a chemical, detection of S100β, measurement of S100β, use of biological assay techniques, detection of change in blood pressure, detection of change in pressure within the eye, detection of change in blood flow in arteries serving organs other than the brain, or detection of change in blood flow in the arteries serving the eye.