{"id":148956,"date":"2024-02-08T14:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?p=148956"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:40:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:40:35","slug":"fda-clears-bigios-tech-for-skin-cancer-detection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2024\/02\/08\/fda-clears-bigios-tech-for-skin-cancer-detection\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Clears Bigio’s Tech for Skin Cancer Detection"},"content":{"rendered":"

BU-developed technology could halve the number of missed cancers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Andrew Thurston<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s just a funky-looking mole. Or, that irregular patch could signal bad news: skin cancer, the most common form of cancer<\/a> in the United States. Although spotting skin cancer early could save your life, it can be tough for even some medical professionals to judge whether a mark is benign or potentially harmful. A new noninvasive skin cancer detection device\u2014powered by technology pioneered by a professor at Boston University\u2019s College of Engineering\u2014aims to make telling the difference easier and faster.<\/p>\n

The US Food & Drug Administration recently cleared for US markets DermaSensor<\/a>, which uses light and artificial intelligence to examine skin lesions and assess whether a patient should be referred to a specialist. The company bringing the handheld device to market says it has the potential to slash the number of missed skin cancers by half. DermaSensor\u2019s underlying sensing technology, elastic scattering spectroscopy (ESS), was developed and refined by Professor Irving J. Bigio<\/a> (BME<\/a>, ECE<\/a>). He\u2019s a scientific advisor to the eponymous company behind the device, which also licensed patents from Bigio and BU.<\/p>\n

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Irving Bigio (BME, ECE)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe FDA had designated this as a breakthrough technology, which means they gave it higher priority for review because they see it as having a real impact,\u201d says Bigio. \u201cAnd the trials showed that it actually does work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bigio says DermaSensor\u2019s clearance reflects well on not only the researchers in his Biomedical Optics Lab<\/a>, but also BU\u2019s cross-disciplinary approach to fostering new technologies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a positive statement about BU\u2019s commitment to interdisciplinary research that involves the engineering and physical sciences, as well as the medical school,\u201d says Bigio, who also holds appointments in BU\u2019s physics department and the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. \u201cThey are supportive of collaborative research across schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the American Academy of Dermatology Association<\/a>, one in five of us will grapple with skin cancer at some point in our lives, which is why experts recommend regular skin exams.<\/p>\n

Read the full story at BU’s The Brink<\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Top: photo courtesy of DermaSensor\/Business Wire<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is that an innocent mole or skin cancer? An optical technique pioneered by Irving Bigio could cut the number of missed cancers in half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2662,"featured_media":148969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[236,899,255,1092,240,907,1135],"tags":[1134],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148956"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148956"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148981,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148956\/revisions\/148981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}