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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2015
Applicants:

The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);

Invicro, Llc, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Harrison H. Barrett, Tucson, AZ (US);

Brian Miller, Tucson, AZ (US);

Yijun Ding, Tucson, AZ (US);

Liying Chen, Tucson, AZ (US);

John William Hoppin, Boston, MA (US);

Luca Caucci, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/29 (2006.01); G01T 1/16 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/161 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2942 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G01T 1/161 (2013.01); G01T 1/2985 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides methods and systems for 3D imaging of in vivo and ex vivo tissues. The disclosed systems and methods employ an autoradiographic approach where particles emitted by a radioactive composition within the tissue are detected. Once detected, a 3D representation of the source of particles within the tissue is reconstructed for viewing and analysis.


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