Inside stories [Electronics Medical Systems]

A RECENT REPORT by Cancer Research UK found that twice as many people are living a decade or more after diagnosis with cancer compared to the same situation in the 1970s: this is due not only to improved treatments but earlier, more accurate diagnosis, and the technology to achieve this has been continuing to advance apace in recent years. Electronic diagnostic tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tomography (CT), which uses digital processing to improve on the classic X-ray photograph, have made it easier for doctors to analyse potential tumours within a human body without having to resort to biopsies at an early stage.