Technology Licensing Opportunity Planewave Tender in USA - 141095890

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Technology Licensing Opportunity Planewave Ultrasound Tomography for Cancer Imaging

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

Posting Date: 12 May 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 141095890

Document Ref. No.: S-133625

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Plane-wave ultrasound tomography from Los Alamos National Laboratory is a next-generation imaging platform designed to improve how tissue properties are reconstructed from ultrasound data, with a focus on detecting and characterizing prostate and breast cancer. The related invention disclosures describe a broader ultrasound toolkit that includes ultrasound waveform tomography/inversion, efficiency improvements and super-resolution imaging methods, creating a platform that can deliver more informative imaging while remaining practical for screening, diagnosis and treatment monitoring.
The Challenge
Early cancer detection depends on imaging methods that can reliably distinguish suspicious tissue from healthy tissue, yet the disclosures note that effective imaging for dependable cancer detection and characterization remains limited. Current clinical ultrasound can be useful, but they often limited in their ability to provide sufficient detail about tissue properties, and they can be constrained by image resolution and quality. The inventors addressed a critical clinical need for ultrasound imaging that can perform more than generating an image—they need to help characterize the nature of the tissue itself.
Problems Solved
The plane-wave tomography platform addresses these limitations by reconstructing tissue properties from plane-wave ultrasound data, rather than relying only on conventional image formation. These technologies also describe methods that improve reconstruction speed, stability, and resolution, including wave-energy-based preconditioning, spatial and edge regularization, and super-resolution TR-MUSIC techniques. Together, the technology bundle is intended to produce more accurate, higher-quality, and quantitative imaging that can better support cancer detection and characterization.
The broader problem solved by the Plane-Wave platform is the gap between conventional ultrasound imaging and clinically useful tissue characterization. Prostat...
Notice ID: s-133625

Department/Ind. Agency: energy, department of

Sub-tier: energy, department of

Office: triad - doe contractor

Product Service Code: 6505 - drugs and biologicals

NAICS Code: 334510 - Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing

Inactive Dates: jun 01, 2027

Inactive Policy: manual

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