System and method for screening tissue
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1. A tissue screening system, comprising:
- an ultrasonic wave producer that produces a first ultrasonic wave directed at a tissue to be screened;
an ultrasonic wave receiver receiving a second ultrasonic wave produced as a function of the first ultrasonic wave interacting with the tissue;
an analyzer operably connected to at least one of the ultrasonic wave producer and the ultrasonic wave receiver, the analyzer identifying whether the tissue is diseased tissue based on microstructural and micromechanical properties of the tissue, as compared to microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal tissue, from analysis of the second ultrasonic wave; and
a tissue mechanical properties model, based on nanomechanics, in data communication with the analyzer, the tissue mechanical properties model processing information associated with the microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal and abnormal tissues from the second ultrasonic wave.
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Abstract
A system and method for screening tissue is provided. The system provides a computer-based system for distinguishing between normal and potentially abnormal tissue. The system includes computer components for generating and receiving ultrasonic waves, for storing a tissue model, and for analyzing received ultrasonic waves in the context of the tissue model.
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23 Claims
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1. A tissue screening system, comprising:
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an ultrasonic wave producer that produces a first ultrasonic wave directed at a tissue to be screened; an ultrasonic wave receiver receiving a second ultrasonic wave produced as a function of the first ultrasonic wave interacting with the tissue; an analyzer operably connected to at least one of the ultrasonic wave producer and the ultrasonic wave receiver, the analyzer identifying whether the tissue is diseased tissue based on microstructural and micromechanical properties of the tissue, as compared to microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal tissue, from analysis of the second ultrasonic wave; and a tissue mechanical properties model, based on nanomechanics, in data communication with the analyzer, the tissue mechanical properties model processing information associated with the microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal and abnormal tissues from the second ultrasonic wave. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for screening tissue, comprising:
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directing an ultrasonic wave at a tissue to be screened; receiving a second ultrasonic wave produced as a function of the first ultrasonic wave interacting with the tissue; identifying, based on wave propagation mechanics, a parameter of the second ultrasonic wave associated with microstructural and micromechanical properties of the tissue; analyzing the parameter associated with the microstructural and the micromechanical properties of the tissue; comparing the microstructural and the micromechanical properties of the tissue with microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal tissue based on a tissue mechanical properties model, based on nanomechanics, that processes information associated with the microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal and abnormal tissues from the second ultrasonic wave; and determining whether the tissue should be tagged as diseased tissue as a function of the parameter. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A tissue screening system, comprising:
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means for generating a first ultrasonic wave; means for directing the first ultrasonic wave at a tissue sample to be screened; means for collecting a second ultrasonic wave produced from a mechanical interaction of the first ultrasonic wave and the tissue sample to be screened; means for modeling one or more modeled mechanical properties of tissue, based on nanomechanics, into modeled microstructural and micromechanical properties of normal tissue based on wave propagation mechanics; means for correlating the at least one of the microstructural and the micromechanical properties with one or more mechanical interactions between a tissue sample and an ultrasonic wave; and means for identifying diseased regions of the tissue sample based on a comparison of the at least one of the microstructural and the micromechanical properties of the tissue with the modeled microstructural and the micromechanical properties of normal tissue.
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