IIT Indore has developed a cheap and small device that will help detect breast cancer in its early stages. This device can prove to be a boon as cancer screening will now be affordable and accessible.

IIT Indore has developed a cheap and small device that will help detect breast cancer at an early stage. This device can prove to be a boon for women especially in rural and remote areas, as by reducing the need for expensive MRI and CT scans, cancer screening will now be affordable and accessible.

Developed by Professor Srivatsan Vasudevan of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore, this device is based on the principle of 'photoacoustic spectral response'. This technique is used to detect abnormal changes in the body's tissue. It combines 'optical' and 'acoustic' signals together, which helps in identifying cancer in the early stages. This technique not only gives accurate results, but is also extremely cheap.

Why are MRI and CT scans expensive?

Talking about this achievement, Professor Suhas Joshi, Director, IIT Indore, said that equipment like MRI and CT scan are imported and are very expensive, due to which a large part of the country's population is unable to take advantage of it. Especially for the people of rural and remote areas, these facilities have been a distant dream till now. He further said that finding a solution to this challenge, IIT Indore has developed a cheap and accessible device with indigenous technology which will help in early detection of breast cancer especially in women of these areas.

How does this machine work?

Professor Vasudevan explained the working of the device that it generates light using a 'compact pulsed laser diode' which comes in contact with the tissue. The results obtained through this process are analyzed, which shows whether there are signs of cancer in the concerned tissue. This initiative of IIT Indore is not only a big step in the treatment of breast cancer, but also makes it accessible to the poor and ordinary people. Now women in rural and remote areas will also be able to take care of their health without spending money on expensive MRI and CT scans and can save their lives by detecting breast cancer in time.

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