SBIR/STTR Research Award
NEW LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS FOR BREAST CANCER IMAGING
Award amount
$299,970Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SANTEC SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- NLEJLJFMPLL3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED IN THE PAST FOR DETECTING AND VISUALIZING ULTRASOUND IMAGES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THEIR LIMITED DETECTION SENSITIVITY, THE RESULTING "ACOUSTO-OPTICAL" DISPLAYS HAVE NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR MEDICAL IMAGING PURPOSES. RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING NEW LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIALS WHICH COULD: (1) ENHANCE THE DETECTION SENSITIVITY OF SUCH ACOUSTO-OPTICAL DISPLAYS BY AS MUCH AS 10,000 TIMES; (2) ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNDERLYING PHYSICAL MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE ACOUSTO-OPTICAL INTERACTION; AND (3) ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF ULTRASONIC SYSTEMS WHICH COULD GREATLY AID IN THE DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER, WHICH REMAINS A SERIOUS THREAT TO THE LIVES OF AMERICAN WOMEN.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Development of a Field Portable Acousto-Optical Ultrasonic Evaluation System
- Bondline and Kissing Bond Assessment using Acoustography
- A new method of monitoring HIFU transducer acoustic output
- 3D Ultrasound Breast Imaging using AO sensor
- Mammography-Like Ultrasound Breast Imaging
Research funding history
18 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1990–2016). Reported award amounts total $4,225,393. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation