Patents by Inventor Kirk K. Shung

Kirk K. Shung has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Ultrasound guided optical coherence tomography, photoacoustic probe for biomedical imaging
    Patent number: 8764666
    Abstract: An imaging probe for a biological sample includes an OCT probe and an ultrasound probe combined with the OCT probe in an integral probe package capable of providing by a single scanning operation images from the OCT probe and ultrasound probe to simultaneously provide integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and ultrasound imaging of the same biological sample. A method to provide high resolution imaging of biomedical tissue includes the steps of finding an area of interest using the guidance of ultrasound imaging, and obtaining an OCT image and once the area of interest is identified where the combination of the two imaging modalities yields high resolution OCT and deep penetration depth ultrasound imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zhongping Chen, Jiechen Yin, Qifa Zhou, Changhong Hu, Hao-Chung Yang, Huihua Kenny Chiang, Kirk K. Shung
  • ULTRASOUND GUIDED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY, PHOTOACOUSTIC PROBE FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING
    Publication number: 20110098572
    Abstract: An imaging probe for a biological sample includes an OCT probe and an ultrasound probe combined with the OCT probe in an integral probe package capable of providing by a single scanning operation images from the OCT probe and ultrasound probe to simultaneously provide integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and ultrasound imaging of the same biological sample. A method to provide high resolution imaging of biomedical tissue includes the steps of finding an area of interest using the guidance of ultrasound imaging, and obtaining an OCT image and once the area of interest is identified where the combination of the two imaging modalities yields high resolution OCT and deep penetration depth ultrasound imaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Zhongping Chen, Jiechen Yin, Qifa Zhou, Changhong Hu, Hao-Chung Yang, Huihua Kenny Chiang, Kirk K. Shung