World’s first 3D imaging for melanoma detection

With the launch of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis, Queenslanders could have diagnosed skin cancer earlier using world-first 3D scanning technology. Dermatologist Professor H Peter Soyer, University of Queensland, has been quoted saying that this technology has enabled researchers to track moles and skin spots over time using full body mapping, making it a game-changer for melanoma detection. The technology is revolutionising early melanoma detection using 3D state-of-the-art body imaging systems that take an image in milliseconds. The telemedicine network allows dermatologists and medical professionals to detect skin cancers remotely, even from the other side of the country. Medical researchers can access a national database of up to 100,000 patient images taken by 3D full body imaging systems for the first time in Queensland, NSW and Victoria, as part of the world’s largest melanoma imaging trial that aims to develop more efficient and effective screening for the early detection of skin cancer. The 3D imaging systems are able to analyse images by using the algorithms created by artificial intelligence and produce a full body skin spot map, which will transform the way patients are monitored in the future.

This article appears in the Sep-Oct 2021 Issue of Aesthetic Medicine India

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This article appears in the Sep-Oct 2021 Issue of Aesthetic Medicine India