Beer-Sheva, Israel -- Israeli medical scientists say they are developing a device that can detect skin tumors, including melanomas, before they are visible to the naked eye.
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, led by Professor Ibrahim Abdulhalim, said initial testing of their Optical Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging device revealed new textures of lesions that have never been seen -- including melanoma in patients who were diagnosed with various skin lesions and were awaiting surgery for their removal.
The instrument diagnosed 73 types of lesions, some of them cancerous, the scientists said.
