Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and systems for detecting sub-tissue anomalies
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Application No.: US15307504Application Date: 2015-04-29
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Publication No.: US11883236B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Hanli Liu , Venkaiah C. Kavuri
- Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Current Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agency: Winstead PC
- International Application: PCT/US2015/028342 2015.04.29
- International Announcement: WO2015/168319A 2015.11.05
- Date entered country: 2016-10-28
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/1455 ; A61B8/12

Abstract:
A diagnostic imaging device includes a probe that uses both an ultrasound transducer and frequency-domain diffuse optical imaging (FD-DOI) to assist with locating and diagnosing sub-tissue anomalies. According to one aspect, the diagnostic imaging device relates to a clip-on cap that can be utilized with existing ultrasound transducers. The diagnostic imaging device described herein can be utilized for image-guided needle biopsy to regions where prostate tissues are highly suspicious for high-grade cancer, as well as for image guided interventions, such as cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and brachytherapy for early-stage or localized prostate cancer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170049417A1 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING SUB-TISSUE ANOMALIES Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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