Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography

Early detection of bowel cancer is crucial for substantially improving patient outcomes, highlighting the need for less invasive diagnostic methods. Herein, an innovative diagnostic application of vibrating microrobots combined with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) to minimally invasively estim...

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Main Authors: Andrew Bickerdike, Jiyuan Tian, Yang Liu, Shyam Prasad
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-08-01
Series:Advanced Intelligent Systems
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400926
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description Early detection of bowel cancer is crucial for substantially improving patient outcomes, highlighting the need for less invasive diagnostic methods. Herein, an innovative diagnostic application of vibrating microrobots combined with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) to minimally invasively estimate the elasticity of potential tumors and surrounding healthy tissue is proposed. By positioning a vibrating microrobot on tissue surfaces, the resonant frequencies of the resulting vibrations are analyzed to create detailed elasticity maps. These maps reveal tumor margins and provide critical information about the tumor's properties spatially. This approach leverages the high spatio‐temporal resolution and noncontact nature of LSCI to offer a minimally invasive elastography method for potential use in colonoscopy, providing an alternative to complex and time‐consuming biopsy analysis and advancing future cancer diagnostics.
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spelling doaj-art-9da3edc5a0c04f9e9e6426b423a8dbd22025-08-21T11:05:47ZengWileyAdvanced Intelligent Systems2640-45672025-08-0178n/an/a10.1002/aisy.202400926Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced ElastographyAndrew Bickerdike0Jiyuan Tian1Yang Liu2Shyam Prasad3Exeter Small‐Scale Robotics Laboratory Engineering Department University of Exeter Exeter EX4 4QF UKExeter Small‐Scale Robotics Laboratory Engineering Department University of Exeter Exeter EX4 4QF UKExeter Small‐Scale Robotics Laboratory Engineering Department University of Exeter Exeter EX4 4QF UKDepartment of Gastroenterology Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Barrack Road Exeter EX2 5DW UKEarly detection of bowel cancer is crucial for substantially improving patient outcomes, highlighting the need for less invasive diagnostic methods. Herein, an innovative diagnostic application of vibrating microrobots combined with laser speckle contrast imaging (LSCI) to minimally invasively estimate the elasticity of potential tumors and surrounding healthy tissue is proposed. By positioning a vibrating microrobot on tissue surfaces, the resonant frequencies of the resulting vibrations are analyzed to create detailed elasticity maps. These maps reveal tumor margins and provide critical information about the tumor's properties spatially. This approach leverages the high spatio‐temporal resolution and noncontact nature of LSCI to offer a minimally invasive elastography method for potential use in colonoscopy, providing an alternative to complex and time‐consuming biopsy analysis and advancing future cancer diagnostics.https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400926bowel cancersearly detectionselastographiesmicrorobotsvibrations
spellingShingle Andrew Bickerdike
Jiyuan Tian
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Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
Advanced Intelligent Systems
bowel cancers
early detections
elastographies
microrobots
vibrations
title Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
title_full Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
title_fullStr Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
title_full_unstemmed Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
title_short Minimally Invasive Bowel Cancer Detection through Vibrating Microrobot‐Induced Elastography
title_sort minimally invasive bowel cancer detection through vibrating microrobot induced elastography
topic bowel cancers
early detections
elastographies
microrobots
vibrations
url https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202400926
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