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Optical imaging technology that enables detection of all colorectal cancers

Reduces the chances of missing even smallest precancerous lesions

11-Dec-2019

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Optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used to diagnose colorectal cancer with 100% accuracy.

Can zoom in locally to help make a more accurate diagnosis during a colonoscopy.

Can be used as a real-time, noninvasive imaging tool used to support traditional colonoscopy.

Will be able to detect deeply seated precancerous polyps and early-stage colon cancers.

Research by Washington University, published in Theranostics.

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Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology

Radiology unit of Washington University Medical Center

McKelvey School of Engineering

School of Engineering & Applied Science at Washington University, St. Louis

Quing Zhu

Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University

Theranostics

Online open access journal about diagnostics and therapeutics

Yifeng Zeng

Postdoctoral scientist at Washington University in St. Louis

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AI in Healthcare, Cancer