Image upgrade: Software providing clearer, more detailed ultrasound images could aid early detection of breast cancer

摘要

New software and sensor arrays to achieve 'super resolution' images to aid the early detection of breast cancer is being developed by an international team led by Imperial College London. Dr Francesco Simonetti of Imperial College is collaborating with the Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, to investigate arrays that will improve the detection capabilities of ultrasound. The measurements recorded by the sensors will be processed by software, developed by Simonetti with Boston's Northeastern University, to produce high-resolution images that would rival those of CT (X-ray-based) scans.