Real x-ray glasses will let doctors see through skin

From Superman to James Bond, "x-ray vision" has long been the stuff of science fiction.

X-ray machines have been around for over a century, but these have always been cumbersomely stationary machines. The ability to easily and discreetly look at things normally hidden from view—for medical and other purposes—has remained tantalizingly out of our grasp.

 

 

But not anymore.

 

Soon, doctors could take a look at a patient's insides without having to go through painful and potentially intrusive procedures like injections.

 

Evena demonstrated earlier this month a new pair of glasses that does just that: see through a patients skin, Amongtech.com reported.

 

"The Evena Eyes-On uses a spectral approach where it pulses four different kinds of light that are then combined into a single composite image revealing the veins under the skin. The glasses are designed to work wirelessly to enable the doctor or nurse to work freely with them and not be restricted while they’re working," it said.

 

 

Sadly, however, the tech won't be cheap: Eyes-On may go into mass production this April and may sell for $10,000.

 

Amongtech.com noted billions of people go to hospitals yearly and may have to have an injection so doctors can find a vein.

 

For some patients, it said it can be "difficult to find a vein in the right place."

 

With Evena's glasses, the image is shown clearly on a connected tablet that can also show the patients vital signs.

 

The data is projected into the users' field of vision much like Google Glass.

 

"This lets the image be overlaid onto the patients body instead of having to switch between looking at the patient and the tablet," Amongtech.com said.

 

In cases of injections, the glasses can check for leakage from an IV the report said.

 

"This is important for certain drugs, especially during chemotherapy which can damage the surrounding tissues if the drug escapes the vein," it added. — TJD, GMA News