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UROELAST

Development of an urethral catheter-probe prototype for the detection of prostate cancer using transluminal elastography.

Description

The new transurethral elastography procedure is based on the transmission of shear waves and the detection of its echoes through the urethral wall. The rotational oscillation of a disk in contact with the urethral wall creates a pseudo-spherical pattern of shear waves that interacts with the tissue architecture. Echoes are created when the wavefront encounters an area of altered elasticity, such as tumors. This method of transmission minimizes the generation of undesired compressional waves. The echoes generated travel back to the urethra where they can be sensed. Information regarding the tumors, for instance, location, shape, size and viscoelastic properties, is encapsulated within the echoic signals. By solving the inverse problem of propagation that information can be extracted and used for detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer. The transurethral elastography probe uses an electromechanically driven disk emitter to generate an axisymmetric pattern of shear waves and an array of shear piezoelectric receivers to sense the echoes, in a similar fashion to that in the gynecological probe.

Current needs

Find a suitable CEO together with funding to bring this concept to the next stage.

Meet the team

Guillermo Rus Callborg

Nader Saffari

Antonio Jesús Gómez Fernández

Actuación del Campus de excelencia cofinanciadas por la Unión Europea a través del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) y la Consejería de Economía, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad, Junta de Andalucía.

Proyecto Singular ILIBERIS: Actuaciones Singulares de Transferencia de Conocimiento en el CEI BIOTIC.

Marco por el que se impulsa el desarrollo de Proyectos Singulares de actuaciones de transferencia en los Campus de Excelencia Internacional en las áreas de la Estrategia de Investigación e Innovación para la Especialización Inteligente de Andalucía (RIS3) con cargo al Programa Operativo FEDER 2014-2020 de Andalucía.