Patent ID: 8016777

Claim:
A hand-held device for a prostate cancer screening test, the device comprising: a transrectal probe equipped with a pressure sensor array configured to obtain at least one stress pattern of the prostate resulting from prostate compressions using said probe, a test progression indicator configured to provide feedback indicating sufficient data is acquired by the device to allow for an automatic categorizing of a test outcome, a signal processor configured to extract from said stress pattern at least two prostate features, said prostate features selected from a group consisting of elasticity contrast, heterogeneity, prostate shape, prostate mobility and prostate deformability, a data analyzer using the extracted prostate features as inputs, said data analyzer configured for said categorizing of said test outcome of said screening test as either a category of high probability of prostate cancer or a category of low probability of prostate cancer; and a test result display for communicating the test outcome.