Seeing X-rays in a new light: Soft X-ray detector could greatly
improve breast cancer imaging By Steven Powell,
firstname.lastname@example.org, 803-777-1923 A slice of light is
about to come into focus for the first time, thanks to a new
X-ray detector constructed at the University of South Carolina.
And according to Krishna Mandal, the associate professor of
electrical engineering who led the team that built it, the
detector offers tremendous potential in breast cancer detection
and treatment. “There’s nothing available on the market that
covers this range of X-rays,” Mandal said. “Nobody has explored
this region, and there will be many innovations that will result
from our being able to do so, particularly when it comes to
medical imaging.” X-rays are part of the electromagnetic
spectrum, which ranges from low-energy radio waves to high-
energy gamma rays. X-rays are on the high-energy end of the
spectrum, just below gamma rays – they’re more energetic than
ultraviolet light, which is more energetic than vis