BOCA RATON, Fla. (February 12, 2015) — Surgeons rely on 200-year-old technology when removing cancer–sight and touch–to determine how much to remove and what to leave alone. Laser technology pioneered at Florida Atlantic University has the promise to help a surgeon better determine if an area is cancer or healthy tissue. Moreover, when combined with laser treatment for cancer, this work lays the groundwork for laser robotic treatment of cancer.
Nirmalkumar Patel, a University of North Florida physics associate lecturer, received a U.S. Patent for…
