Sensors (Mar 2023)

High-Resolution Tactile-Sensation Diagnostic Imaging System for Thyroid Cancer

  • So-Hyun Cho,
  • Su-Min Lee,
  • Na-Young Lee,
  • Byoung Chul Ko,
  • Hojeong Kim,
  • Dae-Jin Jang,
  • Jong-Ha Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s23073451
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 7
p. 3451

Abstract

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In this study, we propose the direct diagnosis of thyroid cancer using a small probe. The probe can easily check the abnormalities of existing thyroid tissue without relying on experts, which reduces the cost of examining thyroid tissue and enables the initial self-examination of thyroid cancer with high accuracy. A multi-layer silicon-structured probe module is used to photograph light scattered by elastic changes in thyroid tissue under pressure to obtain a tactile image of the thyroid gland. In the thyroid tissue under pressure, light scatters to the outside depending on the presence of malignant and positive properties. A simple and easy-to-use tactile-sensation imaging system is developed by documenting the characteristics of the organization of tissues by using non-invasive technology for analyzing tactile images and judging the properties of abnormal tissues.

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