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NOVEL X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 16379
Amount: $45,768.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
425 Lakeside Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Koppel, Louis N
 Principal Investigator
 (408) 733-7780
Business Contact
 1 R43 CA53030-01A1
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

WE WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A NEW HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS THAT WILL PROVIDE ENHANCED DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE, PRODUCING HIGHER QUALITY IMAGES AT LOWER PATIENT DOSE AND LOWER EXAMINATION COST. THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT A NOVEL LINE-SCAN EXPOSURE METHOD THAT ENHANCES THE SIGNAL-TO-NOISE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM, IMPROVING ITS SMALL-OBJECT AND DIFFUSE-OBJECT DETECTABILITY. A KEY COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE THE INNOVATIVE LAYERED SYNTHETIC MICROSTRUCTURE (LSM) X-RAY OPTIC, A MEDIUM-BANDWIDTH X-RAY INTERFERENCE MIRROR WHICH WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SPECTRAL CONDITIONING AND COLLIMATION OF THE MAMMOGRAPHY X-RAY BEAM. SINCE THE NEW SYSTEM WILL USE ROBUST HIGH-VOLTAGE TUNGSTEN-TARGET X-RAY TUBES, RATHER THAN THE CONVENTIONAL MOLYBDENUM TUBES, AN INCREASE IN TUBE LIFE AND A REDUCTION IN REPLACEMENT-CYCLE COSTS WILL ALSO RESULT. A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TO THE U. S. MEDICAL COMMUNITY A SUPERIOR MAMMOGRAPHY DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITY, EFFECTED BY SOURCE AND COLLIMATION IMPROVEMENTS AS DRAMATIC AS THOSE ALREADY ACHIEVED IN THE AREA OF MAMMOGRAPHY INTENSIFYING SCREEN/FILM DETECTORS.

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