Thursday, 28 January 2016

New handheld, pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor’s offices and operating rooms

New handheld, pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor’s offices and operating rooms

The miniature microscope uses an innovative approach called “dual-axis confocal microscopy” to illuminate and more clearly see through opaque tissue. It can capture details up to a half millimeter beneath the tissue surface, where some types of cancerous cells originate.

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