Friday, September 27, 2013

Tumor Awareness May Bring Laser Imaging Forward

By Robbie Sutter


Tumor awareness is the type that should be expanded since there is so much information to be had. Surgery is done in order to rid the body of growths in the brain but such surgery is easily one of the most complicated to consider. There are varying rates of success and I think that more and more work is being done in order to make this procedure that much more of a success. In order to increase awareness in the long term, can laser imaging prove to be an effective method?

According to an article on physicsworld.com, this imaging technique may be put into place for the sake of differentiating growths from healthy tissue in the brain. This procedure is based on stimulated Raman-scattered microscopy. What this means is that success rate for surgical removal of these tumors will become increased, allowing for more positive results. It's the sort of development which deserves more attention, seeing as how there are not that many effective methods to cure cancer in the long term; this is especially troubling since not everyone can use them.

Prior to this method put into effect, surgery was the only way for there to be any form of knowledge to be had on types of issue. Before surgery would be done, magnetic-resonance imaging could be utilized so that a visual of the brain would be attained. The written piece said that the best ways to tell cancerous areas of the brain from healthy ones would be through different textures and colors. That being said, it seems that such differences are almost impossible for surgeons to effectively pick up on.

I think that this imaging system will be able to produce greater results for the sake of tumor awareness. According to the details, laser imaging will be able to picture the brain, as it will be depicted with cancerous tissue being blue and healthy tissue being green. You have to keep in plan that surgeons plan their procedures out beforehand. I think that organizations such as Voices against Brain Cancer can see how much better the therapies crafted and set in place are as a result of this.

It seems like laser imaging has far more importance now than ever before, especially when technology has grown so much. Researchers are better able to determine cancerous tissue as opposed to healthy tissue, which means that it's easier to pinpoint what has to be extracted. Surgery should be done with confidence and I think that this is one of the steps in the right direction. It's just a matter of putting such steps into effect so that they will be made all the more effective.




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