Tag: Mammography

Improvements in optical mammography to advance breast cancer diagnostics

Researchers from Politecnico di Milano, Italy report improvements in the design of optical mammography used in diagnosis and monitoring of breast cancer.  They report increase sensitivity by a thousandfold.This research is presented at Biomedical Optics meeting 2018. Schematic diagram of new and improved optical mammography device.Credit: Edoardo Ferocino Optical mammography uses infrared light and is used… Continue reading Improvements in optical mammography to advance breast cancer diagnostics