New tech making it possible to pre-screen for breast cancer in India
21-Aug-17, Your Story
Despite making tremendous strides in establishing itself as a leading global entity, India still lags in critical areas such as education and healthcare. A 2015 survey (Sustainable Development Goals) ranked the country 143 out of 188 countries in terms of health systems.
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It was to address these gaps that the founders of Innominds conceptualised and set up iSquare Mobility, which is today prototyping a portable wireless telemedicine device to pre-screen for breast cancer.
iSquare hopes to reach at least 5 million women a year with their preventive screening technology, which is a three-part solution:
- A tactile breast imaging (TBI) wand
- A custom tablet running on Android
- A cloud-based visualisation application