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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2002
Kevin M. Kelly, Venice, CA (US);
Roger Royce, Venice, CA (US);
Richard J. Peterson, Long Beach, CA (US);
Christopher Mark Underbrink, Pasadena, CA (US);
Luis E. Ponce, Arcadia, CA (US);
Matthew Warren Smith, Tulsa, OK (US);
Donald C. Goss, Playa del Rey, CA (US);
Sonocine, Inc., Venice, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for screening cellular tissue. An ultrasound probe is moved across the cellular tissue to generate sequentially adjacent, closely spaced images. The linear position and the angular orientation of the ultrasound probe is monitored and dynamically controlled as it is moved across the cellular tissue. The images and position and orientation data are collected with an ultrasound scanning device which is associated with the ultrasound probe. The images and position and orientation data are thereafter recorded.