iVu Imaging Corporation
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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The Breast Problem
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Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among women
aged 35 to 54 in the industrialized world
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Every Two (2) minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast
cancer
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1,300,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year
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465,000 women die of breast cancer per year
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40% of the screening population have dense breast tissue.
– Mammography is ineffective at visualizing abnormal anatomical
features in dense breast tissue
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Early detection is key to successful treatment and survival
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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The Breast Problem
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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The Breast Problem
• Mammography
– Painful breast compression
– Ionizing radiation exposure
– High False positive and False negative rates
• Over One Million unnecessary breast biopsies per year
• Misses 40% of cancer in dense breast patients
• Manual Ultrasound
– Technique and technician dependent
– Time consuming exam
• MRI
– Expensive modality
– Long exam times
– Invasive procedure requiring injection of contrast agent
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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The Breast Solution
Advanced Tomographic Ultrasound:
• Automated Image Acquisition of Anatomically Correct Breast
Tissue (3 Minute Whole Breast Scan)
• Rapid and comfortable exam procedure
• Operator independent (Reproducible Consistent Results)
• 3D / MPR Visualization and Analysis
• Virtual Dissection Tools
• DICOM / PACS Compliant with Tele-Radiology Applications
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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The Breast Solution
Benefits
• Patients
– No radiation
– Comfortable exam
– Patient Privacy
• Radiologists
– Anatomically correct High Definition Whole Breast images
– 3D / MPR Analysis Tools
• Financial Decision Makers
– Increased patient throughput
– Decreased sonographer attended time per patient
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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Automated Breast Tomography System
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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Consistent and Reproducible Automated Image Acquisition
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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Increased Compliance with Comfortable Exam
Pendulous Breast in Warm Fluid Bath
Enhanced Patient Privacy
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2D Image Review – Abnormal Dense Breast
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2D Image Review – Abnormal Dense Breast
Full Width Axial view
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
iVu Imaging Corporation
Intelligent Volumetric Ultrasound
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