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Kromek CZT technology to improve cancer surgery
Kromek CZT technology to improve cancer surgery.
About this update from Kromek Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 9851B\n Kromek Group PLC\n 14 October 2020\n \n \n \n This is an RNS Reach announcement and the information contained is not considered to be material or to have a significant impact on management's expectations of the Group's performance. RNS Reach is an investor communication service aimed at assisting listed and unlisted (including AIM quoted) companies to distribute non-regulatory news releases into the public domain. Information required to be notified under the AIM Rules for Companies, Market Abuse Regulation or other regulation would be disseminated as an RNS regulatory announcement and not on RNS Reach.\n \n 14 October 2020\n \n \n Kromek Group plc\n \n \n (\"Kromek\" or the \"Group\")\n \n \n \n Kromek's CZT-based detectors to be used to improve patient outcomes from cancer surgery\n \n New R&D project with Adaptix Ltd and the University of Manchester to enhance pathological medical imaging techniques used during cancer surgery \n \n Kromek (AIM: KMK), a worldwide supplier of detection technology focusing on the medical, security screening and nuclear markets, is pleased to announce that it has commenced development of a new system to improve the pathological medical imaging techniques used during cancer surgery to distinguish between healthy and non-healthy tissue - a new application area for Kromek's technology. The three-year project, which has received grant funding from Innovate UK, is being conducted in partnership with Adaptix Ltd, the developer of a Flat Panel X-ray Source (FPS), and the University of Manchester. \n \n When a cancerous tumour is excised, the surgeon also removes some tissue around the edge of the tumour (the 'margins') to be sure that all the cancer has been removed and is not able to spread. These margins are checked for cancerous tissue while surgery is ongoing using 'pathology cabinets' that provide 2D or 3D images. \n \n The project is to develop a prototype of a new type of pathology cabinet, based on Kromek's CZT detectors and Adaptix's FPS, to produce high-resolution 3D images that provide more accurate differentiation of the boundaries between diseased and healthy tissue. This will enable surgeons to confidently remove the minimum amount of healthy tissue whilst reducing the risk of more t...