公开(公告)号：US11883236B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US15307504

申请日：2015-04-29

Applicant: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System

Inventor： Hanli Liu ,  Venkaiah C. Kavuri

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B8/12

CPC classification number: A61B8/4483 ,  A61B5/0035 ,  A61B5/0073 ,  A61B5/0084 ,  A61B5/14552 ,  A61B5/4381 ,  A61B5/6847 ,  A61B8/085 ,  A61B8/12 ,  A61B8/4254 ,  A61B8/445 ,  A61B8/4411 ,  A61B8/4416 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B5/4887 ,  A61B2576/02

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.