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Briefing
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- First Color X-Rays – New Zealand company Mars Bioimaging developed bioimaging scanner that can produce X-ray images in color and 3D, providing unprecedented detail into bones, lipids, and soft tissue
- New Imaging Chips – Medipix chips made by CERN, European organization for nuclear research, act like camera, coupled with algorithms, detect and count individual particles as pixels, enabling high-resolution and high-contrast images
- Potential Benefits – Include producing clearer and more accurate pictures, and helping doctors give more accurate diagnoses
- Uses – Currently in use to study cancer, bone, and joint health, as well as vascular diseases that cause heart attacks and strokes
- Next Steps – Scan X-ray images of orthopaedic and rheumatology patients in New Zealand
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