The project called Phased Insensitive Ultrasound Computed Tomography (PIUCT) has seen Precision Acoustics develop and manufacture a patented detection method that exploits pyrolytic sensor technology.
The detection method developed by the company converts the heat produced by the absorption of ultrasound into voltage signals that are eventually combined to form an image of the acoustic properties of breast tissue. The new method of detecting ultrasound should produce images with fewer imaging artefacts.
Gary Livingstone, MD of Precision Acoustics comments further: “This new method of diagnosing breast cancer will be safer and lower cost than the screening techniques currently used and the results should be easier for clinicians to interpret.”
The work is supported by Innovate UK and other collaborators including Designworks and the University Hospital of Bristol.