Babak Ziaie Shows the Prototype Wireless Device (IMAGE)

Purdue University

Babak Ziaie Shows the Prototype Wireless Device

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Purdue engineer Babak Ziaie shows the prototype wireless device he has developed with doctoral student Chulwoo Son at the university's Birck Nanotechnology Center. The device fits inside a hypodermic needle to be injected into tumors to tell doctors the precise dose of radiation being received through therapy. The technology will eventually be shrunk to the size of a rice grain and also will be able to locate a tumor's exact position in real-time.

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(Purdue News Service photo/David Umberger)

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