A new high-speed, three-dimensional imaging system being developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology can detect microscopic pre-cancerous changes in the esophagus or colon, according to a news release by the Optical Society.
The new system, described in the Optical Society’s journal, Biomedical Optics Express, is based on optical coherence tomography, which produces 3-D images within the body that have microscopic detail.
This emerging technology uses light to visualize structures in the body in real time, with better resolution than ultrasound.
Read the Optical Society report on 3-D imaging to detect pre-cancerous GI changes.
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