Peak specification unit 31 specifies, based on a plurality of photoacoustic-images according to detection signals of photoacoustic-waves detected in a plurality of postures, a photoacoustic-image with the strongest detection signal of a detected photoacoustic-wave among the plurality of photoacoustic-images in a peak search mode. Posture determination unit 32 determines whether or not the posture of the probe 11 at the time of detecting photoacoustic-waves of a generation source of the photoacoustic-image matches the posture of the probe 11 at the time of detecting photoacoustic-waves of a generation source of the photoacoustic-image specified by the peak specification unit in a normal mode. Display control unit 27 displays the photoacoustic image on a display screen, and in a case where the posture determination unit 32 determines that the postures match each other, displays a report indicating the postures matching each other on the display screen.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention discloses a microwave signal processing method and apparatus which precisely focus a microwave onto a specific part of a biological tissue and rapidly images a temperature distribution in the biological tissue generated thereby.

In one embodiment, a superlens is used to sub-diffraction-limit focus a magnetic field within a volume. A local magnetic field intensity maximum, or hotspot, is thereby created that is focused in two spatial directions substantially parallel to the superlens. The hotspot extends from the superlens through one or more coplanar layers of the volume. An electric field is superimposed over the magnetic field within the volume to be imaged. The superposition of electric and magnetic fields induces localized Lorentz forces. The modulation of the magnetic and/or electric field causes the portion of the volume in the hotspot to vibrate and emit acoustic signals at a frequency suitable for acoustic imaging. An acoustic transducer receives the emitted acoustic signals. The location from which the acoustic signals are emitted is constrained in two dimensions by the superlens. Time-gating the acoustic signals received from the hotspot is used to localize the received acoustic signals in the third dimension.

The present disclosure provides a system with an innovative electrode designed as an RF/microwave antenna as well as methods to monitor/assess biological tissue and perform surgical procedures.

Embodiments may provide a general-purpose, relatively inexpensive, AI-driven implant that is able to adapt to and modulate any given neuron, circuit, or region in the brain, as well as individual cells of any type of tissue. For example, in an embodiment, a method for interacting with living tissue may comprise attaching a device to a body of a person or animal, the device comprising plurality of carbon fibers in contact with the living tissue, receiving by the carbon fibers signals from the living tissue, processing the received signals by the device, and transmitting the processed signals.

Method and systems for optimizing acoustic energy transmission in implantable devices are disclosed. Transducer elements transmit acoustic locator signals towards a receiver assembly, and the receiver responds with a location signal. The location signal can reveal information related to the location of the receiver and the efficiency of the transmitted acoustic beam received by the receiver. This information enables the transmitter to target the receiver and optimize the acoustic energy transfer between the transmitter and the receiver. The energy can be used for therapeutic purposes, for example, stimulating tissue or for diagnostic purposes.

There is provided a phase-domain detection apparatus for MIT application. The phase-domain detection apparatus includes a phase-locked loop unit configured to generate a plurality of reference clock signals having different phases and a phase-domain detection unit. The phase-domain detection unit is configured to receive the reference clock signals from the phase-locked loop unit, receive a response clock signal that is a phase-shifted reference clock signal of a reference clock signal inputted and passed through to a target object among the reference clock signals, and detect a phase difference between the reference clock signal inputted to the target object and the response clock signal.

An acoustoelectric image-guided therapy system and method for applying acoustoelectric image-guided therapy are disclosed. Embodiments are directed to therapy systems and methods that utilize and are based on acoustoelectric imaging. The acoustoelectric imaging may be combined with focused therapies such as ultrasound, ablation, or hyperthermia for treatment of, for example, acute or chronic conduction abnormalities (e.g., neuropathy, arrhythmia, epilepsy, etc.). Current-density maps are obtained near the region of interest using acoustoelectric imaging techniques. Targeting of the region of interest is then identified for therapy based on the current-density maps. Treatment of the targeted region of interest is then employed while optionally monitoring bioelectric properties using real-time feedback from the acoustoelectric imaging. Imaging and therapy may be automatically co-registered. Standard electrophysiology (e.g., ENG, ECG, EEG, etc.) may be performed simultaneously with the same electrodes used for the acoustoelectric imaging.

Methods and systems for image-based guidance in deep-brain stimulation. An endoscope system includes a waveguide tube, a right-angle prism, a light source, and a photoacoustic transducer. Light from the light source propagates along the length of the waveguide tube via internal reflection within the wall. The right-angle prism is positioned to redirect light emitted at a distal end of the waveguide tube in a direction perpendicular to the length of the waveguide tube. Light emitted in the perpendicular direction causes soundwaves to be generated by the surrounding tissue via photoacoustic effect. Those soundwaves are then conducted through the interior channel of the waveguide tube from the distal end of the waveguide tube to a proximal end of the waveguide tube where the soundwaves are detected by the photoacoustic transducer, which is acoustically coupled to the interior channel of the waveguide tube at the proximal end of the waveguide tube.

The disclosure relates to a method and system for controlling glucose levels comprising receiving behavioral sensor measurements and analyte sensor measurements, determining a plurality of analyte profiles from continuous analyte sensor measurements; grouping the plurality of analyte profiles into clusters; assigning a selected behavioral parameter or a selected pattern of behavioral parameters to each analyte profile in a first cluster, and providing a treatment recommendation.