NUIG TEAM DEVELOPS ALTERNATIVE BREAST TEST

Date Published: 21-Oct-2008

A potentially safer and more precise breast test is being developed in Galway which could transform breast screening in Ireland and around the world. A team of researchers at NUIG is working on new wireless radar technology which could be used as an alternative to X-Rays for breast cancer screening. Women could be tested more often and tumours caught sooner.Dr Edward Jones of the NUIG electronic engineering department believes the technology has enormous potential