Laser Technique Images Cancer Quickly and Clearly
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Dec. 8, 2010 — The long, anxious wait for biopsy results could soon be over, thanks to a tissue-imaging technique developed at the University of Illinois.
The research team demonstrated the novel microscopy technique, called nonlinear interferometric vibrational imaging (NIVI), on rat breast-cancer cells and tissues. It produced easy-to-read, color-coded images of tissue, outlining clear tumor boundaries, with more than 99 percent confidence — in less than five minutes.
Led by professor and...