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Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Hybrid imaging probe to diagnose skin cancer in development

The early diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer is critical for patient outcomes, and a new collaboration funded by the National Institute for Health Research between researchers at King’s Health Partners and a British company hopes to improve skin cancer diagnosis.

Dermatologists and researchers from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London are working with Michelson Diagnostics Ltd to develop and test a hybrid imaging probe, combining the advantages of Michelson Diagnostics’ novel Multi-Beam OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) probe with a visual camera. The OCT and visual images from the hybrid probe will be combined to provide enhanced diagnostic information to clinicians.