Patents by Inventor Shin-Cheh CHEN

Shin-Cheh CHEN 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).

  • NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR BREAST CANCER
    Publication number: 20140100437
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a photoacoustic imaging method for calcifications or microcalcifications. This photoacoustic imaging method is able to determine benign or malignant calcifications in a non-invasive way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Shih-Bin Luo, De-Yi Chiou, Wan-Ting Tien, Meng-Lin Li, Shin-Cheh Chen
  • IMAGING METHOD FOR MICROCALCIFICATION IN TISSUE AND IMAGING METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER
    Publication number: 20110144496
    Abstract: An imaging method for microcalcification displays microcalcification distribution by acquiring and overlapping a photoacoustic image of microcalcification and an ultrasonic image of tissue. The image acquired by the present invention, in comparison to images acquired by ultrasonic and X-ray mammography, has advantages in no speckle noises, higher optical contrast, higher ultrasonic resolution, and so on. The present invention also has advantage in safety by adopting a light source having no ionizing radiation. An imaging method for diagnosing breast cancer is also herein disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Meng-Lin LI, Tsai-Chu HSIAO, Shin-Cheh CHEN, Yao-Yu CHENG, Po-Hsun WANG, Chih-Tai FAN