From MIT in Boston comes a miniature ultrasonic scanner that may attach to a woman’s bra and help to detect breast cancers when they are smaller and more treatable. The patch, composed of special piezoelectric material, is created using 3D printing technology. It rests on a framework that permits its movement to 6 different positions allowing the entire breast to be imaged. The device, attacked to a bra with magnets, is simple to operate, can precisely image lesions as small as 0.3 cm which is the size of early breast cancers, and can see pathology to a depth of 8 cm. Work is underway to link this scanner to a smartphone. This little bra ultrasound will permit effective imaging of women’s breasts for earlier cancer diagnosis without the need for them to visit an imaging center……..someday soon.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh5325
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