Margin assessment of ex-vivo sample
AssigneeClear-Cut Medical Ltd.
InventorErez Golan
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Abstract
A system (10) for margin assessment of an ex-vivo tissue (18), including an imaging scanner (12) controlled by an imaging control unit (14), and an ex-vivo sample holder (16) for holding a sample of an excised tissue (18), the sample holder (16) being sized such that excised lump edges (24) of the excised tissue (18) are forced against a surface of the sample holder (16) such that the edges (24) change shape to have a predetermined geometry, and wherein the imaging scanner (12) is positioned relative to the sample holder (16) such that the imaging scanner (12) acquires images not of all the tissue (18) but rather of the edges (24) that have the predetermined geometry and which are in a sensitive region (40) extending into a peripheral margin of the tissue (18).
Claims12
A system for margin assessment of an ex-vivo tissue, comprising:
- an imaging scanner controlled by an imaging control unit;
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- an ex-vivo sample holder for holding a sample of an excised tissue, said sample holder being sized such that excised lump edges of said excised tissue are forced against a surface of said sample holder such that said edges change shape to have a predetermined geometry, and wherein said imaging scanner is positioned relative to said sample holder such that said imaging scanner acquires images only of said edges that have the predetermined geometry and which are in a sensitive region extending into a peripheral margin of said tissue, wherein said imaging scanner comprises an MRI scanner, and wherein said MRI scanner comprises a magnet formed with an internal cavity into which said sample holder is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.