Medical Applications

  

DAV™ C-scan of the index finger. Note lack of speckle & 'x-ray like' image.

Conventional B-scan of finger

Conventional B-scan of breast phantom cysts

DAV™ C-scan of breast
phantom cysts

Together with its clinical partners and advisory boards, Imperium is under development on a full line of medical imaging products for clinical use with DAV™. Our suite of Acoustocam™ imaging cameras* is focused on both imaging applications that current B-scan systems perform as well as expanded clinical uses that current ultrasound cannot satisfy. Images no longer exhibit unwanted speckle typically seen by conventional ultrasound images. Traditionally, B-scan ultrasound systems produce images which are perpendicular to the skin surface. Imperium's C-scan systems generate images which are parallel to the surface of the skin and records 2D plane images at different depths. Dr. Matthew Freedman of Georgetown University Medical Center writes: 

“The images shown provide additional information beyond that seen by conventional ultrasound, combining the images visible on conventional ultrasound and X-ray mammography.”

See through transmission video of the finger in real time with DAV [MPG]

See Real Time C-scanning Of The Hand Using DAV [MPG]

Acoustocam Specifications Sheet [PDF]

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C-scan versus B-scan
 

Compared to conventional B-mode ultrasound, C-mode has the following advantages:

  • nMuch easier for non-specialists to interpret
  • nInherently lower cost
  • nC-scan is free from speckle, an unwanted artifact seen on B-scan
  • nC-scan is free from geometric distortion seen on B-scan
  • nC-scan has far greater spatial resolution
  • nIt takes multiple round trips to generate one B-scan image. Sending more and more pulses improves image quality, but it sacrifices refresh rate. C-scan requires only one round trip to generate a full field image. There is no technical need to image at less than 30 fps.
  • nC-scan images appear more naturally illuminated than B-scan images
  • nC-scan therefore does not include the shadows that normally streak across B-scans
  • nStructures in the C-scan appear to reflect ultrasound the way they would reflect light

    A figure showing the difference between B-scan and C-scan is shown below:

B-scan Ultrasound                                                                   C-scan Ultrasound


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