SCIENTISTS at the National Centre for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) in conjunction with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine Wayne State University have announced the use of a new technology to aid in the diagnosis of asbestos-related lung disease.
The new radiographic approach allows researchers and doctors to visualise lesions caused by asbestos exposure in three dimensional details and often at a much earlier stage than currently used radiographic techniques.
The developed approach involves taking images obtained on the 64-slice high resolution CT scan and enhancing them using the Vitrea imaging software program developed by Vital Images.
The scientists believe the therapies benefits include better differentiation between patients with scarring on the lungs and other diseases, the possibility of earlier detection and potentially increased success in the overall diagnosis and treatment of asbestos-related disease.
The use of this technology in the diagnosis and treatment of asbestos-related cancers and high-malignancy potential asbestos-related diseases is hoping to have a large impact on life sciences and population health.
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