Search Tag: malignant

IMAGING Management

Imaging-system-improves-effectiveness-of-cancer-surgery-1

2015 22 Jan

Scientists have invented a new imaging system that will make it easier for surgeons to detect malignant tissue during surgery and hopefully reduce the rate of cancer recurrence. The inventors say the imaging system causes the tumours to “light up” when a hand-held laser is directed at them. “A surgeon’s goal during cancer surgery is to remove the...Read more

IMAGING Management

Advanced-image-processing-for-ct-lung-screening

2014 06 Oct

According to a study published online in American Journal of Roentgenology , there is a need to incorporate advanced image-processing techniques and additional display methods as they could play a role in the early detection of lung cancer during annual screenings. The study was conducted by Dong Ming Xu, MD and colleagues from the Department...Read more