{"id":56609,"key":"Global_Health_Medical_Device_Compendium/TB_View_1000","title":"Global Health Medical Device Compendium/TB View 1000","latest":{"id":1267713,"timestamp":"2026-09-10T14:16:19Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{GHMDC device data\n| health-topic = Tuberculosis,\n| classification = Diagnosis\n| manufacturer-location = Ontario, Canada\n| manufacturer-coordinates = 50° 0' 2.44\" N, 86° 0' 3.52\" W\n}}\n\nWith tuberculosis continuing to affect millions of people every year, the need for accurate, effective diagnosis and treatment continues to grow. In resource-limited areas, there is little to no access to basic screening technology, one of the primary ways to help detect the disease.\n\n== Detailed description of the solution ==\n\nThe team from the University of Waterloo, headed by Karim S. Karim, is designing a $1000 digital X-ray detector. The typical cost of a digital X-ray detector is around $100,000, making this device a much more cost-effective option. The device will provide rapid, accurate results and is portable, thus; the device can be brought to remote areas, helping to ensure that people in resource-limited areas can have access to an X-ray scan for the diagnosis of TB.\n\n== Designed by ==\n\n* Designed by: Karim S. Karim is the project lead (University of Waterloo).\n* Manufacturer (if different): n/a\n* Manufacturer location: n/a\n\n== When and where it was tested/implemented ==\n\nThe device is currently under development at the University of Waterloo.\n \n\n== Funding Source ==\n\nReceived a grant from Grand Challenges Canada (2012).\n\n== References ==\n\n=== Externally generated reports ===\n\n* Borrás C. \"Report of the Health Technology Task Group (HTTG)\" (May 21, 2012). Retrieved on Jul 25, 2014 from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:SeIEOnvBkhYJ:iupesm.ifmbe.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Borr%25C3%25A1s-HTTG-Report-21-May-2012.docx+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us.\n* \"Grand Challenges Canada Announces Canada's New Rising Stars in Global Health – Innovators Dedicated to Improving Health in the Developing World\" (Feb 9, 2012). Retrieved on Jul 25, 2014 from http://www.grandchallenges.ca/wp-content/uploads/canadasrisingstars_newsrelease_2012Feb09_EN.pdf.\n* \"TB_View 1000: Low cost digital X-ray for tuberculosis screening.\" Retrieved on Jul 25, 2014 from http://www.grandchallenges.ca/grantee-stars/0044-01/.\n\n=== Video ===\n\n* Retrieved on Jul 25, 2014 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgskS-hwHZ4.\n\n{{Page data\n| sdg = SDG03 Good health and well-being, SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| language = en\n}}"}