Title:
INTERVENTIONAL PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/100753
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An interventional photoacoustic imaging system and method for cancer treatment comprises an optical source for applying laser energy to optically excite a treatment area, a needle, ablation tool or catheter for inserting the optical source into a body of a patient adjacent the treatment area, and an ultrasonic transducer for detecting the acoustic waves. A processor receives the raw data from the ultrasound system and processes it to thereby form a photoacoustic image of the tissue in real time. As such, image formation may be performed preoperatively, intraoperatively, and postoperatively.
Inventors:
BOCTOR EMAD (US)
KANG JIN (US)
EMELIANOV STANISLAV (US)
KARPIOUK ANDREI (US)
KANG JIN (US)
EMELIANOV STANISLAV (US)
KARPIOUK ANDREI (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/024917
Publication Date:
January 05, 2012
Filing Date:
February 15, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV JOHNS HOPKINS (US)
BOCTOR EMAD (US)
KANG JIN (US)
EMELIANOV STANISLAV (US)
KARPIOUK ANDREI (US)
UNIV TEXAS AT AUSTIN (US)
BOCTOR EMAD (US)
KANG JIN (US)
EMELIANOV STANISLAV (US)
KARPIOUK ANDREI (US)
UNIV TEXAS AT AUSTIN (US)
International Classes:
A61B8/12; A61N7/00
Foreign References:
| US20090227997A1 | 2009-09-10 | |||
| US20090076496A1 | 2009-03-19 | |||
| US20060067467A1 | 2006-03-30 | |||
| US6217518B1 | 2001-04-17 | |||
| US6083166A | 2000-07-04 | |||
| US20090030339A1 | 2009-01-29 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPECTOR, Elaine P. (5th FloorBaltimore, Maryland, US)
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