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Development of a prototype ultrasound imaging instrument for industrial and medical applications

开发用于工业和医疗应用的原型超声成像仪器

基本信息

批准号：
EP/H502300/1
负责人：
Paul Beard
金额：
$ 12.72万
依托单位：
University College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2010
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2010 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FH502300%2F1
关键词：
Development prototype ultrasound imaging instrument

项目摘要

The aim of this project is to develop and evaluate a prototype laser based ultrasound imaging instrument for industrial and medical applications in collaboration with a UK SME, Precision Acoustics Ltd. The technology is based upon a novel patent-protected optical sensing technology that was invented at UCL and its feasibility subsequently demonstrated under a major 3m EPSRC funded research programme. Having demonstrated proof-of-concept, the technology is now ripe for commercial exploitation. The Collaboration Fund will be used to achieve this by constructing a prototype instrument for a targeted application, namely, imaging the output of therapeutic medical ultrasound devices such as those used to fragment kidney stones or destroy cancerous tumours in order to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Although effort will be focused on this specific application, the concept is regarded as a technology platform which, in the longer term, will form the basis of a range of instruments each targeted at a specific application within the significantly larger industrial non destructive testing (NDT) and medical imaging markets. For example, with additional development, the same technology could ultimately be used to visualise faults in engineering materials or as a medical imaging system for the detection, diagnosis and treatment monitoring of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

该项目的目的是开发和评估一个原型激光为基础的超声成像仪器的工业和医疗应用与英国中小企业，精密声学有限公司的合作。该技术是基于一种新的专利保护的光学传感技术，是在伦敦大学学院发明的，其可行性随后证明了一个主要的3米EPSRC资助的研究计划。在展示了概念验证之后，该技术现在已经成熟，可以进行商业开发。合作基金将用于实现这一目标，方法是为有针对性的应用建造一个原型仪器，即对治疗性医疗超声波设备的输出进行成像，如用于粉碎肾结石或摧毁癌性肿瘤的设备，以确保符合监管标准。虽然努力将集中在这一特定的应用，这一概念被视为一个技术平台，从长远来看，将形成一系列仪器的基础，每一个针对一个特定的应用范围内显着更大的工业无损检测（NDT）和医疗成像市场。例如，随着进一步的发展，同样的技术最终可以用于可视化工程材料中的缺陷，或者作为医学成像系统用于癌症和心血管疾病的检测、诊断和治疗监测。