Scientists Develop MRI Tool That Makes Cancer Cell Detection A Lot Easier
News 18A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo has developed a new magnetic resonance imaging tool. Compared to standard MRI techniques, synthetic correlated diffusion imaging is better at delineating significant cancerous tissue, making it a potentially powerful tool for doctors and radiologists. Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging and a professor of systems design engineering at Waterloo, Alexander Wong stated that their studies show this new technology has promising potential to improve cancer screening, prognosis, and treatment planning. The new technology, which is called synthetic correlated diffusion imaging, highlights the differences by capturing, synthesizing and mixing MRI signals at different gradient pulse strengths and timings. It is the largest study of its kind in which the researchers collaborated with medical experts at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, along with several Toronto hospitals and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research to apply the technology to a cohort of around 200 patients with prostate cancer.
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