International Workshop on Medical Ultrasound Tomography

Session

Session 11: Clinical application III

Nov 3, 2017, 3:00 PM

Conveners

Session 11: Clinical application III

• Jorge Camacho (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
• Gursharan Sandhu (Delphinus Medical Technologies, Inc.)

49. A simple method for acoustic properties determination of cancerous tissue and its implementation into the clinical workflow

Frank Wolfram (Lung Cancer Centre SRH Waldklinikum Gera)

11/3/17, 3:00 PM

Main Track

Oral

During USCT examination, tissue morphology, as well as acoustic properties such as speed of sound are extracted. Data based upon malignant tissue is limited, so is its reliability as a prognostic factor indicating a malignant or benign nature. It’s hard to obtain tumour tissue because of their pathological use for staging. Therefore, this work will present a simple method of acoustic...

63. Clinical ultrasound breast tomography using Softvue®: a preliminary in vitro and in vivo assessment

Jeffrey Bamber (Institute of Cancer Research)

11/3/17, 3:20 PM

Main Track

Oral

Softvue® (Delphinus Inc.) ultrasound tomography (UST) provides images of sound speed (SS), attenuation coefficient (AC), a combination of SS and AC called stiffness, and relative reflectivity. We have compared volume-averaged SS (VASS) with MRI volume-averaged water versus fat, to quantify breast density (O’Flynn et al., 2017). Here, clinical reproducibility is assessed, stiffness compared...

28. The New Generation of the KIT 3D USCT

Hartmut Gemmeke (KIT-IPE)

11/3/17, 3:40 PM

Main Track

Oral

The first clinical studies with our current prototype, 3D USCT II, enabled us to identify the necessary improvements for transition of the method to clinical practice. The main goals are to improve the contrast of reflection tomography, the resolution of transmission tomography, and to optimize imaged volume of the breast. Furthermore, the fabrication of the transducer arrays needs to be...