An Ultra Tiny Sensor Could Help Doctors Clean Out Your Arteries
23rd February 2014
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a tiny device they hope will lower that statistic — it’s a 1.4-millimeter silicon chip that takes real-time, 3D images from inside the heart, coronary arteries, and surrounding blood vessels. Using volumetric imaging, it could better guide doctors through heart surgery and allow them to unclog some patients’ arteries without major surgery.