Video-game tech to aid cancer treatment
Doctors in US use graphics-processing cards in trial to speed up processing of tumour pictures.
Published On 10 May 2012
Graphics-processing units, or GPUs, are the powerful internal cards that dictate what appears on computer screens.
GPUs, which are commonly used in video games, have now been tested in a clinical trial to speed up the processing of pictures of cancerous tumours.
Doctors hope this advancement will enhance the treatment of cancer patients.
Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports.
Source: Al Jazeera