
Cervical cancer screening
PI: Prof. Santosh Noronha, Chemical Engineering
Project staff: Hina Shah
Cervical cancer affects and kills women in the most productive years of their lives, disrupting family, society and the human potential of the community as a whole. India accounts for 27 per cent of cervical cancer globally. One of the chief problems of addressing the disease is the absence of a community-level screening system. This project aims to design an inspection device that will capture a printable/electronically transferrable high-resolution image of the cervix. The device would have the capability to print or electronically send the cervix images to a higher level facility, in order to avoid the need for repeating the test. In addition, video tutorials around the final product would be developed which will facilitate training cyto technicians to interpret pap-smear slides accurately. It would also be used by village level health workers to screen, counsel and advise women at the community level.