Chelsea FC Women manager Emma Hayes has revealed the club are using a specialist app to tailor their training program around players’ menstrual cycles in an attempt to enhance performance and cot down on injuries.
1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. Early detection is keyas women diagnosed with breast cancer at a localized stage have a 5-year survival rate of 99%. It is great to see, that more and more startups are entering the breast cancer diagnostics space. Today we’d like to introduce you to some of them.
iSONO has developed ATUSA, a patented 3D ultrasound scanner and AI to perform whole breast scans and localize breast lesions with consistent accuracy matching the best operators using traditional ultrasound equipment.
NIRAMAI has developed an AI powered, non-contact, non-invasive breast cancer screening solution, that is accurate, portable, automated and privacy aware. Their solution uses machine intelligence over thermography images to enable a low-cost solution.
iBreastExam’s sensors accurately assess and identliy tissue elasticity differences between hard and stiff breast tumors versus normal breast tissue. The patented tactile sensor technology was invented at Drevel University and uses Piezoelectric Sensor Array.
Discovering Hands is a European initiative founded by Dr. Frank Hoffmann, a senior gynaecologist, who recognized the unique tactile abilities of visually impaired women in detecting the smallest lumps of breast cancer during physical examinations. Discovering Hands has been training blind women to become Medical Tactile Examiners for the past 10 years
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Kathrin Folkendt is the Founder & CEO of Femtech Insider, the globally leading publication on all things femtech. She usually writes about women's health innovation, health equity, and entrepreneurship.
