GPGPU helps fight against breast cancer

Posted on Sunday, October 11 2009 @ 15:17 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Bright Side of News reports Techniscan presented a new device for breast cancer screening that uses NVIDIA GPUs to create 3D imagery. The technology aims to make breast cancer screenings less painful and quicker.
Jim Hardwick and David Robinson from Techniscan Medical Systems recently gave two talks during the nVidia GPU technology conference detailing their company's approach towards improving the detection of breast cancer while making the entire process less painful and quicker. The way that Techniscan Medical Systems has done this is by creating a Whole Breast Ultrasound, which is currently on its way to FDA approval. They are a medical imaging company who is based in Utah that works on the research and development of medical imaging technologies.


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