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A digital X-ray imager developed by a Waterloo Engineering startup is being tested on cancer patients with lung nodules in a pilot study at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener.

The new technology is faster and cheaper than traditional CT scans, and has the potential to detect lung cancer earlier and with less radiation exposure.

MASc candidate Yunzhe Li’s project – “Moonlight imaging with hybrid amorphous-selenium/CMOS photodetectors” – claimed the Teledyne DALSAComponentware/CAD Award, one of four decided by judges from academia and industry at the CMC Texpo 2016

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Dr. Karim speaks at National Biotechnology Week at the University of Waterloo about "Bending the cost curve: Towards a $1000 digital X-ray imager for scalable and sustainable healthcare." 

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