Detection of Metastases in Lymph Nodes

This project aims to use quantitative-ultrasound (QUS) methods for detecting metastases in lymph nodes in a broad range of cancer types. This project is a NIH-funded Academic-Industrial Partnership consisting of Riverside Research of New York, NY as the primary partner in collaboration with GE Research of Niskayuna, NY, as the industrial partner. Our clinical/academic partners include Stony Brook Medicine affiliated with the State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, and Kuakini Medical Center affiliated with the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, HI. 

The proposed project will implement these QUS methods in a modified clinical scanner, such as the GE LOGIQ series, for efficient detection and typing of lymph nodes in intact surgically excised specimens and in patients. This project will hopefully lead to clinical instrumentation for lymph-node detection and characterization in surgically excised specimens in pathology laboratories and in patients in examination and operating rooms. 

The key health-care benefits will be more-efficient and accurate staging of cancer and, as a result, improved disease treatment and patient management.  This work has been funded under NIH contract NIH 1R01CA192407.