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Biotech / Medical : IMAT - ultrafast tomography for coronary artery disease -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rairden who wrote (2787)	12/18/1998 1:18:00 AM
From: Bruce Rozenblit	Respond to of 3725

Thank you for your enlightening response. The current machine acquires information for mapping out data in x-y-z planes. My thinking is why not use a geometry that restricts data acquisition in one plane or even eliminate it entirely. My concept would not be able to construct a 3D image. Would it be possible to quantify calcium burden with such a system? I'm thinking of some kind of rasterized system similar to a cathode ray tube. If 3 dimensional data is absolutely necessary, then the idea falls apart. As I understand it, the machine produces a numerical score that quantifies calcium burden. If a "number" is the result, can that number be reached with only x-y data. Or, could the geometry of the machine be greatly simplified if data acquisition was restricted in one plane and still come up with the magic number? Could a loss of resolution be tolerated and still have an effective test for calcium burden? Let's say this system would lose the bottom 10% or 20% of the detection range but still find the really sick people. If such a machine was prevalent because of its low cost, it would generate a greater benefit to society because of its more frequent use. The scanner is useless if it too expensive and no one buys it, no matter how good it is. I may be totally wrong, but life has taught me not restrict my imagination. That's why I'm a patent holder. I'm one of those "they said it couldn't be done" people that did it anyway. Nothing new can ever be developed without a hair brained idea to get the ball rolling.