Imperial College London Press release 5 August 2019
- Researchers at the ICL's Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) will enhance an existing surgical probe developed by Lightpoint Medical, to generate ‘visual heat maps’ of prostate tumours. By combining robotics and medical imaging they will develop a system that will highlight cancerous tissue in real-time on screen in the operating theatre.
- If successful, in future this minimally invasive tool could mean that fewer men need to return to hospital for additional treatment, such as radiotherapy or cancer drugs,
