Karoly Keresztes PHD physics student researcher monitors Medical student Tom Eliot as he uses the hightech GBP1million 'sick bay' which has been...
{"Image ImageDescription": "LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 31:  Karoly Keresztes, PHD physics student researcher, monitors Medical student, Tom Eliot,  as he uses the high-tech GBP1million 'sick bay', which has been  designed to detect the sight, smell and feel of disease without the use of invasive probes, blood tests or other uncomfortable procedures, at  Leicester Royal Infirmary on August 31, 2011 in Leicester, England. Scientists have developed a state-of-the-art hospital bed that can detect cancer by using NASA technology.The equipment surrounds a normal hospital bed with an unprecedented array of technology to examine patients - replacing the need for diagnosis' by doctors. The equipment can be used to diagnose a wide range of diseases, including some cancers, sepsis and bacterial infections. The sci-fi style diagnostics development unit will be used in Leicester Royal Infirmary's A&E department. Some of the hi-tec technology in the disease detection facility has been originally developed for use in planetary research. In 2019, an international space probe is scheduled to arrive on Mars to look for life and will employ similar technologies. It might also be a first step towards developing devices akin to the 'tricorders' from Star Trek - used by medics in the sci-fi series too diagnose illness simply be waving it near a patient, academics claim.  (Photo by Anita Maric/newsteam/Getty Images)"}