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Method and system for instant biopsy specimen analysis

  • US 7,018,333 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2001
  • Issued: 03/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for facilitating examination of a specimen removed from a patient during a surgical removal process, the specimen containing a tumor and surrounding tissue, comprising:

  • a container structured to suspend the specimen in an acoustically conductive fluid such that the acoustically conductive fluid substantially surrounds the specimen;

    an ultrasound probe for placement in acoustic communication with the acoustically conductive fluid, the ultrasound probe having an ultrasonic power setting higher than a maximum ultrasonic power permitted on live human tissue;

    an ultrasound processor coupled to the ultrasound probe, the ultrasound processor receiving scan information from the ultrasound probe and computing ultrasound images of the specimen therefrom; and

    a display device coupled to the ultrasound processor for displaying the ultrasound images of the specimen to a user, said high ultrasonic power setting resulting in ultrasound images having higher signal-to-noise characteristics as compared to images obtained from probes set below said maximum ultrasonic power, said high signal-to-noise ultrasound images enhancing the user'"'"'s ability to determine whether or not the tumor is completely surrounded by the surrounding tissue in the specimen.

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