by | Mar 2, 2026 | Chapman Jr., William "Will Jr", Nie, Haolin "Taylor", Thakur, Sanskar, Zhu, Quing
— Published date: 3/3/2026
Value Proposition: Method that utilizes machine learning, photoacoustic microscopy and ultrasound for improving rectal cancer imaging.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method for imaging rectal tumors using photoa…
by | Feb 6, 2024 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Rahman, Md Ashequr, Siegel, Barry, Yu, Zitong
— T-020357, T-020358, T-020744 Myocardial perfusion SPECT optimization
Technology Description
Researchers from the laboratory of Abhinav Jha at Washington University have devised methods to reliably improve and personalize myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging. The inventions include the following capa…
by | Jul 5, 2022 | Achilefu, Samuel, Meng, Hongyu, Mondal, Suman, O'Brien, Christine, Shmuylovich, Leonid
— Background
Temperature differences between tumor and healthy tissue due to increased blood flow and metabolic activity are exploited for thermal imaging (TI) as an adjunct imaging modality for cancer diagnosis. Despite many technological advances and recent improvements, TI has a limited tumor dept…
by | Feb 25, 2022 | Li, Jr-Shin
— Technology Description
Engineers in Prof. Jr-Shin Li’s laboratory have developed a computationally efficient analytical technique to design exact RF pulse code sequences which optimize quantum applications such as MRI for medical diagnosis, NMR spectroscopy for uncovering protein structures …
by | Feb 18, 2022 | Elbert, Donald, Roam, Jacob
— Technology Description
Engineers led by Dr. Donald L. Elbert have developed a patented, self-assembling hydrogel microsphere scaffold system designed to improve tissue regeneration by creating cell migration pathways to repair large nerve gaps. This technology generates the migration pathways by c…