Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Internal marker device for identification of biological substances
- Patent Title (中): 用于识别生物物质的内标仪
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Application No.: US10624261Application Date: 2003-07-22
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Publication No.: US07672712B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Cherry T. Thomas , Richard L. Wahl , Susan J. Fisher
- Applicant: Cherry T. Thomas , Richard L. Wahl , Susan J. Fisher
- Applicant Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Ann Arbor
- Agency: Dierker & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: A61B6/00
- IPC: A61B6/00 ; A61B5/05 ; G01N23/00

Abstract:
A device for visualizing structure located on the interior of a biological substance. The device includes a marker member that may be a solid cylinder or lumen having an interior volume having a distal end removably insertable in the biological substance relative to the interior structure to be visualized. An image-enhancing material is contained relative to the marker member in a manner such that the imaging material does not directly contact the biological substance. The imaging material of choice is one capable of producing an emission or signal detectable external to the biological substance by suitable imaging instrumentation. Also disclosed is a method for visualizing critical structures or radiation therapy targets in imaging processes such as positron emission tomography and/or single photon emission computerized tomography, MRI, or ultrasound either used alone or in combination or in registration with anatomical imaging processes such as computed tomography or mammography.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050004456A1 Internal marker device for identification of biological substances Public/Granted day:2005-01-06
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