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Wearable health tech could one day detect breast cancer.
MIT is developing a device that monitors the condition and anomalies.
The device is radiation-free, non-invasive, and accurate within seconds.
Wearable health technology is expanding beyond smartwatches and fitness trackers -- it could one day detect and address conditions like breast cancer, according to MIT Media Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Dr. Canan Dagdeviren.
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Dagdeviren specializes in flexible devices that can be laminated to areas of the body, whether that's skin, breast, or even the brain. On a recent segment with Bloomberg, Dr. Dagdeviren discussed a breast cancer monitoring device her team is working on. These devices take biological signals and turn them into electrical signals for condition interpretation and analysis.
The device is described as a wearable ultrasound patch that would screen for breast cancer outside of the doctor's office.
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