New cancer diagnosis technique

The doctor of medical physics research at Queensland University of Technology has invented a non-invasive diagnostic device to detect quickly and painlessly the surface cancer using techniques that current bodybuilding tools apply to calculate body composition.

Jye Smith of Queensland University of Technology has devised a new diagnostic technique by using bio-impedance techniques to diagnose skin cancer and cervical cancer.

Biological impedance will measure the electrical properties of biological tissue and be used by body tools to calculate the amount of lean tissue, water and fat. Smith said: 'This technique has recently been applied to biological tissue to identify healthy cells, cancer cells or dead cells. The technique provides the ability of a simple device such as being able to move on the surface of skin or internal organs and can record accurately, quickly and less costly changes in cell structure to indicates cancer changes. '

(Biotechnology University of Queensland) Smith says that the technique of biological impedance will send small currents to tissues. Through the transfer of electric current through a surface, this technique can determine the boundaries of injury.

Jye Smith said: 'If the structure of a cell changes, impedance characteristics will change and clinical technicians can use these changes to diagnose the type of injury.'

He said that the technique will select changes within cells, in the mucous membranes of cells and changes in the distance between cells. By collecting all the information together, the technique can diagnose the types of cancer according to their boundaries. The beauty of this technique is that patients do not need to use anesthesia, the data is obtained immediately, and it has the potential to accurately represent other expensive and time-consuming techniques.

Smith said that further discoveries on the technique could lead to good pharmacy practice or skin clinical practice.