Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Patent
1997-04-14
1999-12-07
Casler, Brian L.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
A61B 800
Patent
active
05997477&
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for detecting microcalcifications in breasts. The methods and apparatus will greatly improve detection of breast microcalcifications and concomitantly increase the early detection of breast cancers. The methods and apparatus described herein activate the resonance frequency of a breast microcalcification, thereby allowing for detection of small masses.
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Casler Brian L.
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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