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