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IMAGING NETWORK FOR BREAST CANCER MASS SCREENING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 1R43CA091392-01
Amount: $145,999.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1753 LINVALE HARBOURTON RD
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ 08530
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 ARMEN SARVAZYAN
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Business Contact
Phone: (609) 333-0710
Email: ARMEN@PLUTO.NJCC.CON
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose an internet-based dynamic
imaging system for detecting and monitoring changes in structural properties
of breast tissue that are indicative of breast cancer development. The method
is based on the use of the proprietary Mechanical Imaging technology
implemented in a small hand-held home-use self-palpation imaging device. The
device is able to translate tissue's elastic properties into a digital map of
the breast, to objectively detect the presence of suspicious lesions and, if
necessary, to provide a woman with a warning signal "see your doctor". Data
collected on a regular basis, e.g. once a week, will be sent via Internet to a
central database to form a four-dimensional (3-D plus time) image that will be
analyzed by a computer and a physician. This project will lay a the
foundation for a new approach to diagnostic medical imaging by adding the
temporal component to an image, by monitoring image changes over time using
data from an individual home-use device linked to a database. The application
of machine-learning algorithms for developing a notion of "individual norm"
for a particular woman using dynamic features of image and the image mining
will dramatically improve the sensitivity and diagnostic efficacy of the
imaging for a population wide screening.
PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION:
The hand-held home-use Mechanical Imaging self-palpation device connected via Internet
to a central database will serve as a mass-screening tool for the primary detection of
breast cancer. The convenience, efficacy and affordability of this technology will provide
the foundation for the development of new markets for a product that should be a necessary
item for every woman over 30 year of age with the market potential in excess of 1 billion
dollar per year in the US alone.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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