New Technology Pushes Pittsburgh To Health Care Leader

New high-tech research is being done in Pittsburgh on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University and Channel 11 received an invitation to go inside.

Many of the projects in Intel’s Pittsburgh laboratory won't be ready for roll out for another five- to -10 years. Their research is promising, especially in the area of health care and breast cancer.

One of the healthcare related projects is called ISADS for Breast Cancer, which can take a mammogram result, search through a database of terabytes worth of other mammogram results, find those that are the most statistically similar and determine what the diagnosis and implications were for those patients.

This would give doctors the ability to make decisions regarding the care of their patients.

“Claytronics transforms them from a flat surface to a three dimensional object that you can touch and hold in your hand. That same application can create a duplicate of your form in another location,” said senior staff researcher Jason Campbell.

Intel Research Pittsburgh is one in a small network of university labs started in 2001. The lab currently employs about 20 full-time Intel employees plus many students.