A portable scanner for the diagnosis of breast cancer
Comes from the UK an innovative low-cost, based on radio frequency that will allow you to diagnose breast cancer from home.
Zhipeng Wu, a professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Manchester (United Kingdom), has invented a new type of portable scanner for home use that will allow all women to undergo a self-test for breast cancer.
This innovative device will work thanks to the technology of radio frequency, connected to a single computer can display in real time the presence of tumors, whether benign or malignant, the breast with this quick and minimally invasive methods may be carried out continuous monitoring of breast, thus reducing waiting times for specialist appointments and avoiding unnecessary mammograms. The professor said “The system works in real time because as soon as the woman lies down, a scan is provided.
It also does not require any special liquid or gel to work, but our system works with water, oil, milk and even wearing a bra.
Once the breast is scanned, an image appears on the computer screen, where you can detect any anomaly, which is highlighted in red as the sensor detects the difference of the contrasts of the diseased tissue from healthy, through radio frequencies “.
This technology, which was nominated for the Innovation Awards of the Institute of Engineering and Technology in the United Kingdom, uses computer tomography and works with the same technology of an ordinary cell phone: this is very safe and will have moderate costs.
Currently the most used method to detect breast cancer in patients is mammography, but not always effective is this method of diagnosis, especially in younger women where the rate of diagnostic accuracy falls below 60%. Worldwide, only in 2008 was diagnosed with breast cancer about 1.38 million women will have the highest rates in Europe, with about 300 000 new cases in 2008.
