cancer

Erasmus Medical Center- Center for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy (The Netherlands)

updated 08/21/07 joined 06/02/07

A gamma camera has been customized to detect the earliest signs of breast cancer, before it can be felt as a lump or seen in a mammogram.\r\n

Levels: High School

Tags: gamma camera cancer

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Texas A&M University System (United States)

updated 02/13/08 joined 02/13/08

Levels: High School

Tags: cancer photodynamic therapy (pdt)

Pill sized camera used to detect esophageal cancer. The pill is still connected to 7 fiber-optic cables.

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Tags: cancer endoscope fiberoptic esophagus

Video describing the procedure of a colonoscopy and giving background on tumors and colon cancer.

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using radio waves, the inventor looks at nanoparticles absorbing the RF energy and heating up destroying cancerous tissues around the nanoparticles.

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Tags: cancer quantum dots nanoparticles gold rf radio frequency photons

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