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A MINIATURIZED 6D POSITION LOCATOR FOR MEDICAL IMAGING

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 19406
Amount: $435,924.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 527
Burlington, VT 05402
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Ernest B Blood
 (806) 655-7879
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A MINIATURIZED SIX DEGREES-OF-FREEDOM (6D) TRACKING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) ULTRASOUND AND MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT. SUCH A TOOL COULD ENABLE CLINICIANS TO STUDY HUMAN ANATOMY AND BODILY FUNCTIONS IN THREE DIMENSIONS. IN PURSUIT OF THIS GOAL, RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON HAVE BUILT A PROBE FOR 3-D TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TEE) AND COMPLETED A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS WITH IT. THEIR WORK IS SUFFICIENTLY ADVANCED TO CONCLUDE THAT MANY IMAGING PROBLEMS COULD BE OVERCOME BY INTEGRATING A TINY 6D SPATIAL LOCATOR INTO A TEE PROBE. SUCH A DEVICE WOULD OPERATE ACCURATELY EVEN IN CLOSELY-CONFINED STAINLESS-STEEL ENVIRONMENTS. IT WOULD ENABLE ALIGNMENT OF IMAGES TAKEN FROM MULTIPLE PROBE POSITIONS, THUS FACILITATING RECONSTRUCTIONS AND FILLING IN DATA POTENTIALLY MISSED FROM ANY SINGLE POSTION. WE WILL DEVELOP A LAB-GRADE MODEL OF A MINIATURIZED THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING APPARATUS WHICH WOULD BE INTEGRATED WITH A TEE PROBE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOR ANIMAL TESTING.

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