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07-29-2022 04:51 PM - edited 07-29-2022 05:00 PM
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are researching skin patches that can develop images of internal organs by leaving them on for 48 hours. These will possibly be able to replace x-rays and other procedures.
07-29-2022 05:47 PM
07-29-2022 05:57 PM
How can a skin patch develop an image of an internal organ? I take it the skin patch isn't worn on the skin.
07-29-2022 06:22 PM
@kate2357 wrote:
It would be fabulous if these could replace mammograms and some mri imaging. I just don't know why they can't find something less painful to check for breast cancer. And re MRIs, they will have to drug me if I ever have to have another closed mri procedure. Never open your eyes inside the tube, never. Ugh.
Thermography. It's painless and catches things much sooner.
07-29-2022 07:58 PM
07-29-2022 10:43 PM
This is great news....i think that 10 years from now our medical system will seem barbaric. Medicine is exploring new directions and it is exciting and inspiring. (Some very ancient techniques are resurfacing also with a new emphasis on the science.). Thanks @PickyPicky3 for bringing this innovation to our attention. Good news!
07-30-2022 09:37 AM
Any specific internal organs used for this testing? I could see why many of the life sustaining major organs might be harder for this innovation to develope accurate and clear images.
hckynut 🇺🇸
07-30-2022 10:38 AM
@hckynutjohn Too early in the research process. Google MIT medical skin patches
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