Cervical Cancer

Trials begin on high-tech screening test

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 16th, 2002

A technology developed to enhance images from space and locate submarines from the air is being used to screen for the early stages of cervical cancer in women. The first U.S. clinical trials have begun at Tripler Army Medical Center.

The HyperSpectral Diagnostic Imaging equipment uses a seven-second noninvasive test to take a picture of the cervix, said Nicholas J. Susner, president and chief executive officer of Honolulu-based Science & Technology International (STI).

The instrument sees nearly 300 separate colors, creating a picture of the cervix containing detail not visible to the naked eye or through a microscope. Because precancerous and...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-04-16)

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