I’ll admit it. I’m a sucker for sci-fi movies because they show what technology could be like in the future. Imagine how easy life would be if we could teleport. No more tension about traffic. In fact, there would be no traffic! Oh, but we wouldn’t be able to take work from home days in the rains if that was the case though. Hmmm… Still worth it, in my opinion.
Now, as much as I wish I had a personal Jarvis to help me with my day to day life, all that still seems like something only a Tony Stark can possess for now.
However, one thing that has become a reality is 3D colour X-rays, developed by New Zealand scientists.
That is the 3D colour x-ray of a wrist with a watch. It shows parts of the finger bones in white and the soft tissue in red. This technology can produce clear images of the inside of a human body, which researchers hope will increase accuracy when diagnosing patients.
According to the Dailymail, Professor Phil Butler, from the University of Canterbury says:
“This new imaging tool is able to get images that no other imaging tool can achieve. When used to analyse cancers, as well as bone and joint health, the technology shows promising results for more accurate diagnosis and personalisation of treatment”
It has been developed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN and has been named ‘Medipix’. Medipix will enable practitioners to see the difference between bone, muscle and cartilage in real time.
As for how it works, it is similar to cameras in terms of having shutters that when open, detect different particles hitting their pixels.Â
Although this new technology was first developed identify particles for use in physics, it’s medical potential was evident from the scan’s ‘high resolution, very reliable images’, say researchers.
This advancement comes as very good news as with the help of Medipix, doctors can now examine the exact positioning and size of cancerous tumours. This will in turn help improve the quality of physical operations like never before.