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Current medical equipment can diagnose cancer only when human tissue is transformed using CT or MRI. One thousandth of a second is called a ‘femtosecond’, and it is expected that domestic researchers will develop a femtosecond microscope using a semiconductor light emitting device, enabling early diagnosis before cancer onset.
This is reporter Kim Dal-ho’s report.
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A laser from a semiconductor light emitting device illuminates the sample placed on the microscope.
This microscope can capture movements at intervals of one-trillionth of a second, and accurately observes the movement of molecules in human cell tissues.
If this technology is applied to the medical field, early diagnosis can be made before cancer develops.
Minkyung Yeo / Chungnam National University Hospital Professor
“It is a detection method that goes beyond the limits of existing biomolecular detection technology, and is used for early diagnosis of cancer, analysis of causes of diseases, and evaluation of drug concentration in blood…”
Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute has developed a femtosecond laser microscope using a semiconductor light emitting device. It’s a first in the world.
Existing femtosecond microscopes used solid-state laser technology,By applying the body light emitting device, it is possible to reduce the size and lower the cost compared to existing equipment.
Donghun Song / Senior Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
“By combining several inexpensive semiconductor light emitting devices, the price is 1/10th and the spatial size is also 1/10th…”
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute plans to complete the technology development so that it can be commercialized within the next six months.
This is TV Chosun Kim Dal-ho.