# This Rice University Professor Developed Cancer-Detection Technology

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/this-rice-university-professor-developed-cancer-detection-technology/
- Published: 2024-01-11T10:00:59-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Rebecca Richards-Kortum. Photo credit: Eric Kayne via the MacArthur Foundation. Article by Joanna Goodrich. IEEE Spectrum – January 8, 2024. Rebecca Richards-Kortum has spent most of her 30-year career developing technology to help improve medical care in underserved communities worldwide. Among her achievements: She invented an inexpensive, battery-operated optical imaging system that can detect premalignant tissues—no biopsy required—to help prevent oral and cervical cancer. Richards-Kortum is a professor of […] Click here to view original web page at spectrum.ieee.org Curated by John Wysocki See Full Bio