Kiwi helps design camera to diagnosis melanoma
Today in every field new new inventions are being carried out. Also brilliant technologies are always welcomed in our medical diagnosing and treatment. One such technology is what we discuss right now. The new "New Zealand-designed" camera with advanced photographic technology has been created for diagonisis treatments helping to fight against the potentially deadly melanoma.
Skin cancer detection company MoleMap has developed a camera specifically designed to more accurately photograph and map moles for early melanoma detection.
More than 300 New Zealanders die from melanoma each year.
Now the technology is being used by clinics, dermatologists and general practitioners in New Zealand and Australia and this will soon be available in the US.
MoleMap's chief executive Adrian Bowling said the new technology aimed to fight skin cancer by increasing accuracy of the mole mapping process. He added "We are excited about the diagnostic potential of this new technology - it means we have a reliable custom camera to improve our mole imaging and diagnosis and ultimately utilise it to help save lives."
The camera is named as the DermLiTe DLCam which uses fixed focus for creating clinical and dermoscopic images, as well as a cross polarising light unit which illuminates the image with increased levels of polarised light thus creating a strong contrast and giving a better definition, allowing for more accurate diagnosis of melanoma.
