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sing Virtual Biopsies to Improve Melanoma Detection
A Colorado State University researcher has been named to receive a Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance for his work on the development of virtual biopsies.
Credit: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
Colorado State University's Jesse Wilson has been named to receive a Young Investigator Award from the Melanoma Research Alliance, which will enable his team to further pursue non-invasive melanoma detection through virtual imaging.
Wilson is devising a virtual biopsy tool so physicians can conduct in-vivo melanin analysis without having to excise living tissue. He seeks to make the multiphoton microscopy procedure less costly by eliminating the inclusion of short-pulse lasers via machine learning and digital signal processing methods.
Wilson's proposed technique is to employ a handheld wand to scan a laser beam across a suspected melanoma to generate an image in real time that shows melanin-specific contrast.
A proposed trial of the technology will involve a surgical biopsy of a canine lesion, to be compared with the laser wand's virtual imagery.
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