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Liquid lens peers under the skin

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Cancer under the skin may be found and examined more easily, thanks to a new portable optical technology featuring a liquid lens that provides unprecedented high-resolution 3-D images of what lies beneath the skin’s surface. The new method, which consists of a probe that touches the skin, eliminates the inconvenience and expense of skin lesion diagnosis. It was developed at the University of Rochester by optics professor Jannick Rolland, who presented her findings in February at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A prototype device...Read full article

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    Published: May 2011
    3-D imagesAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmericasBiophotonicsBioScancancer detectioncancerous tumorsImagingJannick Rollandlesionsliquid lensMicroscopyMRInear-infrared lightNew YorkNewsoptical coherence microscopyOptical technologyskin lesionsultrasoundUniversity of Rochester

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