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New “intelligent tattoo” can detect deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears

The embedded SMEAR-ULM system on a robotic arm and a movable utility cart for autonomous and precise positioning in Jinyang Liang's laboratory at the INRS. (Jinyang Liang via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

A new "intelligent tattoo" is able to detect the deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears.

New “intelligent tattoo” can detect deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears

Professor Jinyang Liang, specializing in ultrafast imaging and biophotonics at INRS, has developed with colleagues at INRS and Université de Montréal a minimally invasive technology to detect skin cancer before it appears. Called SMEAR-ULM, it’s a high-tech system that can detect skin cancers at their earliest stages by measuring tiny temperature variations at the surface of the skin. (INRS via SWNS)

New “intelligent tattoo” can detect deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears

Yingming Lai, an INRS postdoctoral fellow who completed his PhD in Energy and Materials Sciences at INRS in Jinyang Liang's laboratory. (INRS via SWNS)

New “intelligent tattoo” can detect deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears

The 10-inch × 10-inch × 2-inch module of the SMEAR-ULM system. (Jinyang Liang via SWNS)

New “intelligent tattoo” can detect deadliest form of skin cancer before it appears

Sylvain Meloche, a researcher at UdeM's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer and co-corresponding author of the study published in Nature Sensors. (Jinyang Liang via SWNS)

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