The 3-d visualizations could lead to big advances in early cancer detection, since clinicians today identify cancerous cells by using 2-d pictures to assess the cells' shape and size.

三维可视化技术可能会大大促进早期癌症检测，而目前临床医生只能根据二维图像评估细胞的形状和大小来鉴定癌细胞。