3D orthopaedic imaging from a low cost, portable, low dose X-ray device

“该项目将为一种开创性的手足医学成像系统提供概念验证。这些骨折是常见的，但目前的成像方法并不令人满意。标准的x射线只能给出这些复杂的3D关节的2D视图（即阴影），而微妙的骨折或问题可能会被遗漏。CT和MRI扫描仪产生3D图像，但价格昂贵，耗时，而且通常是不可移动的，并且CT扫描涉及相对较高的辐射剂量。我们提出的产品将通过低成本，低剂量，便携式设备提供3D图像。目前市场上还没有这样的设备。Adaptix将通过从根本上改变x射线的产生方式来实现这一目标。传统的x射线管在一个世纪里没有发生重大变化，而电视从CRT管变成了平面屏幕，灯泡从灯丝变成了led阵列。Adaptix的创新技术为x射线源带来了类似的技术飞跃。我们没有使用单一的高功率x射线源，而是使用固态技术，将许多发射器排列在一个低功耗的轻质平板上。该面板从不同角度照亮患者，因此可以利用视差信息获得3D信息（一种称为断层合成的技术），就像拥有多只眼睛给我们带来深度感知一样。它的辐射剂量比CT小得多。该项目将采用Adaptix的核心技术，并改进其在手脚成像方面的应用。这将涉及修改x射线源以优化其性能，并与骨科医生详细说明要求和设计。这些产出将证实该技术是可行的，该产品将满足市场需求。”

"This project will deliver a proof of concept for a ground-breaking medical imaging system for hands and feet. Fractures of these are common but the current imaging methods are unsatisfactory. Standard X-rays only give a 2D view (i.e. a shadow) of these complex 3D joints and subtle fractures or problems can be missed. CT and MRI scanners produce 3D images but are expensive, time-consuming and often immovable, and CT scans involve a relatively high radiation dose. Our proposed product will provide 3D images from a low cost, low dose, portable device. No current device on the market offers this.Adaptix will achieve this by fundamentally changing how X-rays are made. Conventional X-ray tubes haven't changed significantly in a century whilst televisions have changed from CRT tubes to flat screens and bulbs from filaments to arrays of LEDs. Adaptix's innovative technology makes a similar technological leap for X-ray sources. Instead of a single, high-power source of X-rays, we use solid state technology to create an array of many emitters arranged in a lightweight flat panel with low power consumption. The panel illuminates the patient from a variety of angles so can use parallax information to derive 3D information (a technique called tomosynthesis), in the same way that having more than one eye gives us depth perception. This is done at a radiation dose much less than CT.This project will take Adaptix's core technology and refine its use for imaging hands and feet. This will involve modifying the X-ray source to optimize its performance for these and elaborating requirements and designs with orthopaedic doctors. These outputs will confirm that the technology is viable and that the product will meet the market needs."