Description du projet
Une détection innovante du cancer du sein reposant sur les technologies optiques et quantiques
Le cancer est la deuxième cause de décès dans le monde, et le cancer du sein en est l’un des types les plus courants. Le projet CANCER SCAN, financé par l’UE, met au point une méthode innovante de détection du cancer du sein reposant sur les technologies optique et quantique, qui vise à améliorer le diagnostic avec une exposition minimale aux radiations. Ce concept novateur implique l’utilisation non invasive de la lumière ainsi que la transmission et la détection unifiées de photons dans un espace multidimensionnel, ce qui permet au scanner de détecter simultanément des tumeurs dans toutes les parties du corps avec un risque minimal d’irradiation. Ce projet pilote se concentre sur la détection précoce du cancer du sein, car la mise au point d’une méthode de diagnostic améliorée et fiable est d’une importance capitale, compte tenu de la prévalence de la maladie.
Objectif
We propose to develop a radically new unified technological concept of biomedical detection utilizing front line new ideas in quantum optics and quantum mechanics. The new concept will be based on unified transmission and detection of photons in a three dimensional space of orbital angular momentum, entanglement and hyper-spectral characteristics (OES). These will enable a revolutionary scanner capable of detecting cancer not only in a specified organ but in various parts of the body at once, even from remote locations, and with no radiation risk whatsoever. Our pilot project will be focused on the early detection of breast cancer. Mammography, as the state of the art method for breast cancer screening, is limited in its sensitivity especially in younger women and/or women with dense breasts, and has been found to be problematic in women with genetic mutations. Thus the development of an improved and more reliable detection method is of paramount importance. A novel detection algorithm will be developed based on clinical trials in breast cancer patients, using the unified transmission and detection theory. We chose to verify our concept in the area of breast cancer due to its prevalence and the condition that feeds our concept (large amount of tissue without bone). In the long term this approach can be adapted to other areas of bio-medical diagnostics leading to total mass screening. The concept is based on non invasive utilization of light and its ramifications are numerous.
In the proposed project, the endeavor will be both theoretical and experimental including derivation of a mathematical
model and development of an experimental bio-compatible test-bed for cancer detection with minimal false positives.
Our joint knowledge places the project at the cutting edge of science and technology developing a novel technology with the
long-term vision of integrating quantum science in medical applications.
Champ scientifique
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologybreast cancer
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsmutation
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physicsquantum optics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physicsphotons
- natural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical model
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Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
84105 Beer Sheva
Israël