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The Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s school of engineering and SATA CommonHealth researchers, have invented quick method to detect tuberculosis. The researchers have found a software, which can detect TB in just five minutes, by analyzing the texture of the lungs in X-rays.

Detecting TB involves many long procedures, which also includes bacteriological culture tests. According to researchers, they have achieved a 90 percent success in detecting the disease in many TB patients.

The software testing research had begun last year in November. “Currently we are doing around 16,000 chest X-rays per month and we have only two radiologists reporting chest X-Rays. With this tool, we hope it would help radiologists filter out suspected TB cases and improve their productivity,” Diagnostic Imaging Services Manager, Collin Tan said.

The new software developed by researchers is computer aided and is said to increase the efficiency of the radiologists. The software can in future help in reducing the time consumed for screening TB.