PHOTONAi

PHOTONai aims to develop a handheld device combining photoacoustic imaging, high-frequency ultrasound, and 3D surface scanning to map facial vessels and tissue layers in a single 90-second scan, providing AI-guided treatment planning for aesthetic and reconstructive facial procedures.

PHOTONai is a handheld facial scanner designed to give aesthetic and reconstructive clinicians complete subsurface visibility before they perform a treatment. In a single 90-second, gel-free scan, the device captures the patient’s exact facial anatomy, 3D surface shape, and deep blood-vessel patterns. Embedded AI instantly processes this multi-layered data into an interactive visual map displayed across a four-panel interface — tracking structural changes over time, marking critical vascular danger zones, aligning anatomy against a standardized template, and providing quantitative decision support with exact injection volumes or reconstructive mapping. By integrating with electronic patient records, PHOTONai unifies assessment, planning, and documentation into a single, high-confidence workflow. This platform directly addresses a fundamental visibility gap in facial care. For aesthetic injectables, clinicians rely on visual inspection and tactile judgment without direct visibility into vessel locations or layer boundaries. For reconstructive and maxillofacial surgery, pre-operative planning requires a fragmented, multi-session workup across separate ultrasound, photography, and radiation-emitting CT scans that must be manually cross-referenced. Furthermore, conventional 5–10 MHz ultrasound cannot resolve the thin superficial layers where most injectable complications originate, while single-modality devices fail to cover the full depth range from epidermis to bone. PHOTONai advances this state of the art by fusing dual-wavelength photoacoustic imaging, high-frequency ultrasound (20 MHz), and 3D structured light surface scanning into a single co-registered coordinate frame. Photoacoustics supplies high-resolution vascular and lipid mapping, high-frequency ultrasound resolves deep structural tissue boundaries down to periosteum, and structured light anchors the scan to surface geometry. By combining hardware fusion with AI-driven layer segmentation, PHOTONai replaces multiple disconnected devices and clinical sessions with a unified, real-time anatomical map at the point of care.

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