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World’s First Ever 3D, Colour X-ray on Human Body performed by New Zealand Scientist
World’s First Ever 3D, Colour X-ray on Human Body performed by New Zealand Scientist- Details, Features, Significance
New Zealand Scientists have performed the world’s first-ever 3D, color X-ray on a human body. It has a potential to improve the field of medical diagnostics.
The new X-ray device is based on the traditional black-and-white X-ray but incorporates a particle-tracking technology called Medipix developed by European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
Key Features
The Medipix technology developed by CERN works like camera detecting and counting individual sub-atomic particles as they collide with pixels while its shutter is open. This allows for high-resolution, high-contrast pictures. Its small pixels and accurate energy resolution make this new imaging tool able to get images that no other imaging tool can achieve.
This latest technology is being commercialised by New Zealand company MARS Bioimaging, linked to the universities of Canterbury and Otago which helped develop it.
Significance:
This color X-ray imaging technique can produce clearer and more accurate pictures and help doctors give their patients more accurate diagnoses. The images very clearly show a difference between bone, muscle and cartilage and also the position and size of cancerous tumors.
