Breast Exam by IDUS™

IDUS™ has significant potential in different areas of medicine. One disruptive and robust application in breast care has the largest growing markets in the Asia Pacific, followed by the US, Europe and the Middle-East. The proprietary and groundbreaking technology is hybrid and fundamentally transforms the universe of breast care by earlier, better, easier, cheaper and radiation-free detection and location of microcalcification, a clinically-proven marker directly associated with breast cancer. The marker’s early detection and location allow for effective follow-up monitoring and preemptive excision of the premalignant lesions before the growth of a cancerous tumor in the breast.

IDUS™ is particularly suited for the next generation of 3D whole breast ultrasound scanning systems. With the patient in a supine position, a hands-free automated ultrasound scanner is placed above the breast, gently pressed downward. A sequence of B-mode and IDUS™ images is then acquired, processed and displayed. The result is a complete 3D volumetric image of the whole breast supplemented by color coded IDUS™ 3D indicators for grouped or clustered microcalcifications based on their unique response signature(s). Note, microcalcifications are invisible on conventional ultrasound or MRI. IDUS™ data are integrated in real-time and interleaved with the traditional B-mode images providing complete 2D/3D scans essential to clinicians for better screening, follow-up monitoring and enhanced diagnosis in a manner which is safe, comfortable, radiation-free and cost-effective. A screening procedure using IDUS™ can be completed in less than 10 minutes.

The competitive advantage of IDUS™ is in its use of widespread, ionizing-radiation-free, real-time and cost-effective ultrasound, which is patient friendly, user-intuitive, time- effective, cost-effective and reimbursable. Its economic advantage benefits the patients, the providers and the payers. Its social advantage benefits the society in general and women of all age, race, ethnicity and origin, in particular.

IDUS™ is aimed at realizing the true potential of ultrasound. It has significant potential with substantially growing, scalable, expanding and unmet markets. In more than 16,000 hours of research and development, IDUS™ has already proven pre-clinical validity. Prior to its use in breast care, IDUS™ was successfully implemented in precision and preemptive detection of structural flaws in implanted mechanical heart valves (see below), thus eliminating fatal consequences.

IDUS™ in precision assessment of implanted mechanical heart valves. Spectral analyses of response frequencies of MHVs with and without structural flaws.