Breastlight Allows Women to View Breast Abnormalities
Self-examination is the front line in a woman's battle against breast cancer. Women that regularly examine their breasts greatly improve their chances for successful treatment should any abnormalities appear. Sadly, many women do not know how to conduct a proper self-exam, so we were intrigued when we saw this device, designed to simplify the process, on ShinyShiny.tv. The Breastlight (available ...
From Da Vinci robosurgeons to helpful nursebots , robots are becoming commonplace in hospitals the world over -- and now researchers at Duke University have developed a rudimentary tabletop robot that uses 3D ultrasound technology to detect a 'lesion' in a simulated sponge breast, pinpoint its exact location, and perform a biopsy. All the calculations are performed by the device itself, using ...









