Michael E Milliff

US Patent:

20080087833, Apr 17, 2008

Filed:

May 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/745869

Inventors:

William McCroskey - Solon OH, US
William LeMaster - Solon OH, US
Michael Milliff - Chapin SC, US
T. Milliff - Montville OH, US
William Dickinson - Northfield OH, US
Walter Summerhill - Orwell OH, US
Antoine Ina - Richmond Heights OH, US
Ethan Kay - Montville OH, US

International Classification:

G01T 1/20
G01T 1/24
G03B 42/02

US Classification:

250370080, 25036100R, 378167000

Abstract:

A multi-modality detection system and method for detecting medically-related conditions is disclosed. In some respects, the system and methods rely on at least two different modalities for imaging a region of interest including a patient organ such as the breast, brain, or other object within the region of interest. The two or more modalities are enabled with respective detectors as described herein and a respective output of each is collected and formed into a combined (fused) output representative of the plurality of different imaging modalities to enable imagine, diagnosis, study, or treatment of the medical condition.

US Patent:

20060239398, Oct 26, 2006

Filed:

Mar 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/074239

Inventors:

William McCroskey - Solon OH, US
William Dickinson - Northfield Center OH, US
William LeMaster - Solon OH, US
Walter Summerhill - Orwell OH, US
Alan Dobos - Solon OH, US
Michael Milliff - Kirtland OH, US

International Classification:

A61B 6/04
G01N 23/04
A61B 5/05

US Classification:

378037000, 600407000, 378063000

Abstract:

A new method of breast imaging to improve the detection of cancer during early stages of development is disclosed. The system combines molecular images of radioisotope uptake in cancerous cells with three dimensional high resolution single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron emission tomography (PET), x-ray computed tomography (CT) and optical reflectance and emission (ORE) images of the breast. The system acquires data from nuclear isotopes within the breast and processes the data into three dimensional molecular tomographic images of cancerous cellular activity, morphological three dimensional x-ray density tomographic images and three dimensional optical surface images. These three sets of images or data are then combined to provide information as to the sensitivity and specificity as to the type of cancer present, three dimensional information as to the physical location of the cancer and reference information for radiologists, surgeons, oncologists and patients in order to plan stereo-tactic biopsy, minimally invasive surgery and image guided therapy, if necessary.