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Taking pictures to treat breast cancer

· 25 Safar 1440 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

I am a male lecturer working in a computer engineering department in a university in Saudi Arabia. Can I do research on writing some algorithms and computer programs which deals with image processing of mammograms for diagnosing and may be useful in the treatment of breast cancer? The computer programs take an image of a breast as the input and gives various readings and different filtered images of the breast as the output.

Answer

Ensure that the head does not feature in the picture.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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