Maryland Development Center, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: DHA211-012
Maryland Development Center, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $249,976
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Health Program
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- DHA211-012
- Solicitation
- 21.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MD
- Period
- 2021-08-25 → 2022-03-24
Description
The goal of this research, over the course of both phases, is to produce, test, and demonstrate a handheld device capable of producing high quality ultrasound scans of the human body without touching the body. As anticipated in the SBIR topic description a natural approach is to use non-contact laser excitation to generate ultrasonic acoustic waves in the body, and a laser vibrometer to acquire the signals reflected from internal body objects and interfaces by detecting and measuring vibrations at the surface of the skin – the non-contact Laser Ultrasound Scanner (ncLUS). We propose a novel design that relies on a registration algorithm from computer science that enables true handheld operation.