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ACOUSTOGRAPHIC BREAST IMAGING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 13726
Amount: $49,536.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
708 S Milwaukee Ave
Wheeling, IL 60090
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 J S Sandhu
 (312) 215-8884
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP ACOUSTOGRAPHY, A NEW IMAGING METHOD, TO AID IN THE DETECTIONAND CHARACTERIZATION OF BREAST CANCER. ACOUSTOGRAPHY USES ULTRASOUND TO PRODUCE FULL-FIELD PROJECTION IMAGES OF THE BREAST IN A MANNER THAT IS ANALOGOUS TO X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY. AN "ACOUSTO-OPTICAL" LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, ANALOGOUS TO A FLUOROSCOPIC SCREEN, IS USED TO VISUALIZE AND RECORD THE ULTRASONIC IMAGE OF THE ENTIRE BREAST. THE SPECIFIC AIM IN PHASE I WILL BE TO USE BREAST PHANTOMS TO EVALUATE ACOUSTOGRAPHY. TISSUE-MIMICKING MATERIALS CURRENTLY USED FOR PRODUCING PHANTOMS TO EVALUATE CONVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED TO PRODUCE BREAST PHANTOMS SUITABLE FOR ACOUSTOGRAPHIC STUDIES. COMMERCIALLY, ACOUSTOGRAPHY OFFERS PHYSICIANS A MUCH MORE PRACTICAL WAY OF GENERATING ULTRASONIC IMAGES BECAUSE THE ENTIRE BREAST CAN BE IMAGED WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO IMAGES, AND THE IMAGE FORMAT ALLOWS DIRECT SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THE ULTRASONIC AND X-RAY BREAST IMAGES. COMPARED TO GENERAL-PURPOSE SCANNERS, ACOUSTOGRAPHY IS MORE REPEATABLE BECAUSE THE PROCEDURE CAN BE STANDARDIZED SIMILARLY TO AN X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY EXAMINATION. COMPARED TO DEDICATED SCANNERS, ACOUSTOGRAPHY IS COST EFFECTIVE AND OFFERS HIGH PATIENT THROUGHPUT; THE ENTIRE BREAST INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN SECONDS ON ONE OR TWO IMAGES, ASOPPOSED TO 100 TO 150 IMAGES IN DEDICATED SCANNERS.

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