Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said they have developed a wearable ultrasonic tracking device that could detect breast cancer in the early stages, giving it the potential to save lives, UPI reports.
Details of the development and testing of a flexible patch at the University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, have been published in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances.
Scientists say the device is a flexible patch that can be attached to the bra, allowing the wearer to move the ultrasound tracking device along the patch and image the breast tissue from different angles.
They said the device would allow doctors to obtain ultrasound images of resolution comparable to ultrasound probes used in medical imaging centers.