Search Tag: sensors

IT Management

Whats-new-in-medical-devices

2021 28 Feb

An overview of novel medical devices, from an implanted simulator for better sensation of balance to robotic clothing and sensor-based asthma inhalers.   You might also like: Researchers have developed a microneedle patch for the collection and analysis of biomarkers in interstitial fluid as a minimally invasive alternative...Read more

IT Management

Ambient-intelligence-application-in-healthcare

2020 15 Sep

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and contactless sensors are helping to pave the way for use of the so-called ambient intelligence in healthcare. AI-controlled sensors embedded in "metaphorically dark, unobserved spaces" of healthcare can create an ambient intelligence, supporting clinicians in monitoring and treating patients in ways...Read more

Executive Health Management

Sensors-in-everyday-objects-for-dementia-care

2019 26 Aug

Summary: The past, present & future of dementia care using sensors in everyday life objects through four use cases from research labs to large-scale pilots & adoption by pharmaceutical companies.   Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It is the main cause of dementia, a syndrome defined by loss of cognitive...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ultrasound-to-detect-secondary-brain-injury

2018 08 May

When a patient suffers from traumatic brain injury (TBI), there aren’t many treatment options available to physicians, and a team of engineers and emergency medicine physicians decided they could make a strong contribution if they joined forces. Funded by the Massey Grand Challenge, the team built an ultrasound system to detect  secondary brain injury,...Read more