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New Low-Cost, Accessible Medical Diagnostic Tool for Skin Cancer

An article published in the Journal of Biomedical Optics (JBO), "Point-of-care, multispectral, smartphone-based dermascopes for dermal lesion screening and erythema monitoring," shows that standard smartphone technology can be adapted to image skin lesions, providing a low-cost, accessible medical diagnostic tool for skin cancer.

24 Jun 2020

Mekitec Releases a New X-Ray Inspection System for Beverages, Liquids & Solid Foods

Mekitec Group, a global manufacturer of innovative food quality control systems based on X-ray technology, announces the launch of a completely new X-ray inspection system, SIDEMEKITM, targeted for the product safety and quality control needs of food and beverage producers worldwide.

From Mekitec Oy 22 Jun 2020

Medical Tools Developed Quicker Thanks to New EU Pilot Line

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need to quickly develop diagnostic equipment in the face of a novel threat. Thanks to a dedicated medical pilot production line that gives easy access to prototyping, new medical tools that use photonics to detect major diseases will be quicker, cheaper and easier to develop.

22 Jun 2020

New Easy-to-Implement, Robust Multicolor Super-Resolution Imaging

Multicolor fluorescence microscopy is a crucial tool in the field of life sciences to analyze the relative arrangements of cellular structures or interactions of different proteins.

17 Jun 2020

Laserax’s New LXQ Laser Marker Redefines Ease of Integration and Remote Support Following COVID-19

After 2 years of development, Laserax releases the LXQ Fiber Laser Marker series that redefines how easy and accessible laser system integration can be. The laser’s features are not only aimed at reducing integration time and cost, but also at facilitating collaboration between system integrators and laser experts—a key factor for quick and easy laser integration.

From Laserax 17 Jun 2020

New Photonic Platform can Help Diagnose Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Scientists at the University of Southampton's Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics are developing a rapid bedside test for diagnosing neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (nRDS) in premature babies.

17 Jun 2020

Simple, Inexpensive, Effective UV LED-Based Means of Sterilization

A device that can automatically disinfect common surfaces, like elevator buttons, light switches, and doorknobs, could be very helpful to mitigate virus and disease at the time of COVID-19 pandemic and even after that.

16 Jun 2020

New X-Ray Technique to Study Architecture of Healthy Human Bones

An international research team has used new X-ray techniques to describe how the architecture of healthy human bones is built up.

16 Jun 2020

New System for High-Density EEG Imaging of Brain Activity

The main aim of brain research is to understand the source and network of signals as the brain functions. At present, engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can be used for high-density electroencephalography (EEG) imaging of the origin and route of normal and abnormal brain signals.

11 Jun 2020