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Fiber Optic Probe Could Improve Breast Biopsy

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MADISON, Wisc., July 15 -- A new technology developed by a research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison uses a fiber optic probe to increase the accuracy of breast cancer diagnoses by being a "third eye" during biopsies. Nimmi Ramanujam, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and her group have built fiber optic probes that doctors can easily thread down a biopsy needle to the tip to help them find the right area to sample. The researchers are testing probes in both the near-infrared wavelength, which allows light to go deeper but probes fewer molecules, and ultravioloet...Read full article

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    Published: July 2004
    Glossary
    fiber optic probe
    A flexible single- or multifiber cable having a bundle of glass fibers arranged to transmit an image.
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