New Method for Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection

Informacje na temat projektu

MAMSCAN

Identyfikator umowy o grant: 836843

DOI

10.3030/836843

Projekt został zamknięty

Data podpisania przez KE 21 Grudnia 2018

Data rozpoczęcia 1 Stycznia 2019

Data zakończenia 30 Czerwca 2019

Finansowanie w ramach

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Koszt całkowity

€ 71 429,00

Wkład UE

€ 50 000,00

Koordynowany przez

IMAQEN OY
Finland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - MAMSCAN (New Method for Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection)

Okres sprawozdawczy: 2019-01-01 do 2019-06-30

Podsumowanie kontekstu i ogólnych celów projektu

Our breast imaging solution is responding to the pressing needs of the healthcare sector when the incidence of breast cancer is increasing and expenditure growing along with the ageing population and expanding western lifestyle.

Our goal is to offer a device for cost-efficient, non-invasive and accurate breast check, which could be easily performed e.g. part of yearly general health exams or gynaecological visits. Near 50% of the breast cancers are detected outside the screening programs. Our method utilizes a patented infrared-wavelength scanning method, which looking for suspect time-variant patterns caused by abnormal tumour vasculature. See figure 1 for socio-economic factors of breast cancer in EU.

Prace wykonane od początku projektu do końca okresu sprawozdawczego oraz najważniejsze dotychczasowe rezultaty

During the Horizon phase 1 we have been actively following and deepened our knowledge especially on and clinical requirements, market development and emerging technologies of breast imaging. We have opened doors to clinical test sites in order to collect clinical material needed for verifying our mathematical analysis algorithms, and for implementation of machine learning tools. We’ve been actively following the breast imaging market and technology development through publication reviews, market studies and commercial exhibition visit. We will continue with our original business plan but expect the launch to be delayed from the original plan. We will also be looking for possibilities to utilize our technology in other medical applications.

Innowacyjność oraz oczekiwany potencjalny wpływ (w tym dotychczasowe znaczenie społeczno-gospodarcze i szersze implikacje społeczne projektu)

We will go forward with the original business plan but expect it to take longer time than foreseen due to delays in starting longer-term clinical testing. By expanding the possibilities for women to check their breasts more often than easier, would have substantial favorable impact to socio-economic factors described in the figure 1.

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