Could Sound Waves Be Used To Diagnose Cancer?

A new research claims that cancer can be easily diagnosed by converting medical data into sound.

16:59 21 October 2015

Diagnosing cancer typically requires taking biopsy, analysing the samples in a laboratory, and waiting for the results. A research claims that the process could be sped up by conveying medical data as audio signals instead of visual illustrations such as graphs. Researchers say that data sonification can help medical professionals identify cancerous cells by interpreting different sounds.

 

Dr Domenico Vicinanza, of Anglia Ruskin University, said: “Our collaboration is aimed at creating sounds from the spectroscopy results.

 

“Advanced synthesis techniques can control the sound parameters using information contained in the data, and so the measurements are practically ‘shaping’ the sound.

 

“By classifying this data into audio signals, it is easier to differentiate between different types of cell.

“This could improve accuracy and allow researchers to search through large volumes of data very quickly.”