IIT Kharagpur makes a breakthrough in screening oral cancer
Telegraph India (January 23, 2022)
Summary
--The new device offers a simple, automated and touch-free approach to estimating blood flow variations in different regions of the potentially diseased tissue
--The novel technology includes a portable handheld unit that combines various sensors and controllers that feed the measured data to a computer simulation engine
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed a new highly accurate, portable, yet user-friendly, affordable and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer in resource-constrained clinical settings.
Experts from the Guru Nanak Institute of Dental Sciences and Research supervised the clinical trials and have established the efficacy of the new method in differentiating cancerous and precancerous stages of suspected oral abnormalities, as verified by high-standard biopsy reports.
The research work has recently been published in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, and is also selected for eminent print journal, In This Issue.
The novel technology includes a portable handheld unit that combines various sensors and controllers that feed the measured data to a computer simulation engine to classify normal, pre-cancer and cancer cases in oral cavity, without needing referral to specialised medical centres for resource-intensive diagnostic procedures.
The new device offers an elusively simple yet automated touch-free approach of estimating blood flow variations in different regions of the potentially diseased tissue, specifically relating to the diseased condition. (Read More) (View the PNAS paper)