Looking where the light don't shine.

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  • Source:
    Economist. 8/10/1996, Vol. 340 Issue 7978, p64-64. 4/5p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      DIAGNOSTIC imaging; COLON cancer; SPECTRUM analysis; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL equipment; FELD, Michael; ENDOSCOPES
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the potential uses of ultra-violet (UV) and infra-red spectroscopy in early disease detection. Claim that spectroscopy may be used to help doctors detect certain diseases before the most dangerous symptoms appear; Details of the use of microscopy in the detection of western world's biggest killers--colon cancer and atherosclerosis; Information about Michael Feld, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who modified an endoscope to pipe in UV light and detected colon cancer.