British developed a new type of scanner for rapid and safe detection of breast tumors

Breast cancer is a great affliction for women. However, the intensification of social competition and the increase in pressure on life have caused many women to be very close to the disease. British scientists have recently used anti-landmine technology to develop a revolutionary scanning system. Women can use it to understand the health of their breasts in just a few seconds. Traditional inspection methods take two weeks to produce results.

This system is called Maria and is the research result of Micrima in the United Kingdom. During the inspection, the scanning device was shaped like a ceramic cup to hold the female chest. Within 8 seconds, Maria transmitted the detected data to the computer to form a three-dimensional image. In a preliminary study, the researchers recruited 200 women and the technique successfully identified 80% of the tumors in them. This success rate is close to the current technology.

The technology will not cause pain to the patient and is safer than traditional mammography. The latter will bring a certain amount of ionizing radiation during the examination, which will have an impact on young women, and women under the age of 50 will have more breast tissue. Compact, traditional X-rays are difficult to detect inside the tumor. Experts believe that this new technology is suitable for women of any age and the price is also cheaper than traditional technology. It does not have the side effects of currently used techniques such as ultrasound, mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging. This method is fast, safe, comfortable, and inexpensive, with high sensitivity and good imaging results.

Currently Micrima's team is funding the development of equipment and computer software that is expected to be widely used for assisted surgery and clinical diagnosis within five years.