Breakthrough Innovation of the Year: Huang, Wei, Wei

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University of Nebraska researchers Jinsong Huang, Haotong Wei and Wei Wei receive the 2016 NUtech Ventures Breakthrough Innovation of the Year award.

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[00:00:03.469]X-rays at the hospital or the airport
[00:00:05.785]are often necessary, but they also expose people
[00:00:08.897]to radiation that could damage tissue
[00:00:11.568]or increase the risk of developing cancer.
[00:00:14.977]A University of Nebraska research team
[00:00:17.115]is about to change the X-ray game.
[00:00:20.232]This is almost a perfect handy tool
[00:00:23.645]for X-ray detectors because of--
[00:00:26.686]Jinsong Huang and his colleagues
[00:00:28.621]found a simple way to build a better X-ray detector.
[00:00:32.787]A chemical compound gives the crystalline structure
[00:00:35.720]unique properties.
[00:00:37.591]For example, it is more sensitive
[00:00:39.706]than leading commercial detectors,
[00:00:41.822]so exposure to radiation can be limited.
[00:00:44.554]We want to use these kind of crystals
[00:00:47.682]to increase the sensitivity
[00:00:49.788]of detectors for X-ray,
[00:00:52.951]so that we can use much weak X-ray to the patients
[00:00:58.500]and we can still get the same kind of quality of image.
[00:01:02.982]When the detector is put to use,
[00:01:04.802]it performs well.
[00:01:06.457]I really feel that this is something real
[00:01:10.057]and really actually close the market.
[00:01:14.517]NUtech Ventures helps pave
[00:01:16.611]the way to commercialization.
[00:01:19.071]Now we are working with two companies.
[00:01:22.478]Basically, we work with these labs, scale device,
[00:01:28.185]to a commercial scale of devices.
[00:01:32.549]So, definitely there will be a lot of hurdles
[00:01:36.070]need to be overcome, but we are on the right track.
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