Ultra Ultrasound Hears Individual Cells

Ultra Ultrasound Hears Individual Cells
Jan-20-19
An ‘ultra ultrasound’ device able to sense the vibration of a single cell could be a gamechanger in the world of medicine and autonomous vehicles.

Developed by the team from The University of Queensland, the new system consists of a silica disk only 148 microns wide and 1.8 microns thick, with a laser behind it. Sound waves hitting the disk will cause its surface to distort slightly, which can be detected by the laser to produce an extremely detailed image.

According to professor Professor Warwick Bowen, the sensors are a hundred times more sensitive than current technology—allowing the system to listen to individual cells and learn not only “whether the cell is alive or dead, but also about whether it is healthy or sick, whether it's normal or cancerous, or just about what processes are going on inside.”

Ultra Ultrasound Hears Individual Cells


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