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Breast Cancer
Development of new screening system will continue
April 28th, 2005
A recent $9 million second-round of funding will allow Mirabel Medical Systems (Austin, Texas) to continue its plans to bring the T-Scan 2000 ED - the company's breast cancer screening system - to market over the next 12 months. T-Scan is the first system designed to be used for routine annual breast cancer risk screening in women ages 30 to 40, who typically have denser breast tissue, as a complement to a clinical breast exam (CBE). The test is noninvasive, utilizing Electrical Impendence Scanning (EIS) to measure low-level electric signals as they pass through breast tissue. Like an ultrasound, the painless 10-minute exam provides immediate results, identifying signal...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-28)
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