Precision Acoustics is part of a collaboration to improve breast cancer diagnosis through new ultrasound technology.
The Dorchester-based company has been working with the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), on a project calls PIUCT (Phased Insensitive Ultrasound Computed Tomography) to design a piece of equipment which can overcome the problems of diagnosing breast cancer using conventional xray, mammorgraphy and ultrasound scans.
The ground-breaking project is supported by Innovate UK and other collaborators on the project include Designworks and the University of Bristol.
Precision Acoustics has developed and manufactured the new and patented detection method which exploits pyrolytic sensor technology. It converts the heat produced by the absorption of ultrasound into voltage signals which are eventually combined to form an image of the acoustic properties of breast tissue. The new method of developing ultrasound should produce images with fewer damaging artefacts.
