Conformable ultrasound breast patch for deep tissue scanning and imaging.

ABSTRACT: Ultrasound is widely used for tissue imaging such as breast cancer diagnosis; however, fundamental challenges limit its integration with wearable technologies, namely, imaging over large-area curvilinear organs. We introduced a wearable, conformable ultrasound breast patch (cUSBr-Patch) that enables standardized and reproducible image acquisition over the entire breast with less reliance on operator training and applied transducer compression. A nature-inspired honeycomb-shaped patch combined with a phased array is guided by an easy-to-operate tracker that provides for large-area, deep scanning, and multiangle breast imaging capability. The in vitro studies and clinical trials reveal that the array using a piezoelectric crystal [Yb/Bi-Pb(In_1/2Nb_1/2)O_3<

SUBMITTER: Du W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10382022 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature