5D technology developed that will help faster diagnosis of diseases
Posted on: 24/Jan/2017 12:47:56 PM - No. of views : (1562)
Scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) in the US have developed a new 5D technique for analysing images, an advance that may make it easier to quickly find tell-tale signs of diseases from pictures taken using cell phones.
Speaking about this, the researchers said, Called Hyper-Spectral Phasor analysis, or HySP, it is much faster and far less expensive than current techniques, and may be useful for diagnosing and monitoring diseases by using cell phone images. Through the new imaging technology, we have used fluorescent imaging to locate proteins and other molecules in cells and tissues. Biological research is moving toward complex systems that extend across multiple dimensions, the interaction of multiple elements over time. By looking at multiple targets, or watching targets move over time, we can get a much better view of what`s actually happening within complex living systems.
Researchers must look at different labels separately, then apply complicated techniques to layer them together and figure out how they relate to one another, a time-consuming and expensive process. Imagine looking at 18 targets. We can do that all at once, rather than having to perform 18 separate experiments and try to combine them later. HySP uses much less computing time, and we don`t need the expensive imaging instrumentation. It may be possible one day for clinicians to use HySP to analyze cell phone pictures of skin lesions to determine if they are at risk of being cancerous. We could determine if the lesions have changed color or shape over time.
