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Photoacoustic Imaging Uses Sight, Sound For Cancer Detection

Posted by timothy on from the do-these-rays-make-my-tumor-fluoresce? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new imaging technique combines light and sound to create detailed, color pictures of tumors deep inside the body. It's hoped the technology, called photoacoustic tomography, will help doctors diagnose cancer earlier than is now possible and to more precisely monitor the effects of cancer treatment — all without the radiation involved in X-rays and CT scans or the expense of MRIs. By combining sounds and light, the technology can penetrate the body's tissues to visualize tumors at depths never before possible."

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  1. one small step.... by harvey+the+nerd · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Lots of sizzle. Hopefully it will work well with few artifacts and be available for a low price that enables monthly scans of cancer treatments, perhaps computer generated measures of trackable tumors to show shrinkage and necrotic tissue.

  2. New? It's been going on since at least 2003 by PatPending · · Score: 5, Informative

    This research has been going on since at least 2003.

    (Note: don't bother clicking the URL at the bottom of the page -- it's currently 403. I did send the webmaster an email about it.)

    So the submission links to a blog? And no images! Oh, my.

    Here is a link to a research paper -- with images! Multiscale photoacoustic microscopy and computed tomography

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  3. It's like a rave in my body... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    and I wasn't invited.

  4. Pictures from the Science paper by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Science abstract: https://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6075/1458.abstract

    Figures from paper:
    http://s7.postimage.org/c6p9jkry3/F1_large.jpg
    http://s13.postimage.org/e864r2vvr/F2_large.jpg
    http://s14.postimage.org/iypvrgve9/F3_large.jpg

  5. Proof positive by chill · · Score: 2

    By combining sounds and light, the technology can penetrate the body's tissues to visualize tumors at depths never before possible.

    Proof positive of what many have known all along -- disco causes cancer.

    LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL!

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