Harvard’s Wyss Institute and MIT Media Lab have partnered together to create a way of crunching imaging data from different sources and modalities into a uniform computer file type called “dithered bitmaps”. After conversion, the images can be easily used to 3D print models of organs and other body parts, for example. This is (Read more...)
Tag: Informatics
Software Reads CT and MRI Scans, Guides Surgeons in Liver Resections
Liver resection surgeries are common procedures performed to remove a variety of cysts and cancers, intrinsic as well as metastatic. Liver resections are also done for transplantation purposes. Dangers lurk when removing parts of the liver because the dense and tortuous vasculature within can be hard to comprehend by the surgeon. Poorly placed inci (Read more...)
Software Reads CT and MRI Scans, Guides Surgeons in Liver Resections
Liver resection surgeries are common procedures performed to remove a variety of cysts and cancers, intrinsic as well as metastatic. Liver resections are also done for transplantation purposes. Dangers lurk when removing parts of the liver because the dense and tortuous vasculature within can be hard to comprehend by the surgeon. Poorly placed inci (Read more...)
Britain to Invest Heavily in AI for Medicine
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the United Kingdom will invest heavily into artificial intelligence technology to improve healthcare. The details are not clear, but UK’s National Health Service has been compiling data on millions of patients for many years and it may prove to be a great resource to train artificial intel (Read more...)
Britain to Invest Heavily in AI for Medicine
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that the United Kingdom will invest heavily into artificial intelligence technology to improve healthcare. The details are not clear, but UK’s National Health Service has been compiling data on millions of patients for many years and it may prove to be a great resource to train artificial intel (Read more...)
Quantum Computing Technology to Make Next Generation MRIs Possible
Some computational problems are so inherently difficult that conventional computers, including large supercomputers, can take years to solve them. One such problem has been encountered by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, who have developed a way to improve and speed up the detection of tumors on MRI scans and improve MRIs in man (Read more...)
AI Detects and Measures Small Vessel Disease in Brain CT Scans
Clinicial researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Edinburgh have developed an artificial intelligence software for identifying and quantifying small vessel disease, a frequent cause of dementia and stroke in older people, from CT scans. The investigators have already tested the software at Imperial’s Charing Cross Hospita (Read more...)
NFL Releases Free Design Software to Spur Development of Safer Helmets
The NFL (National Football League), having been convinced of the danger of head impacts on its players and the sport overall, has begun a number of initiatives to try to deal with concussions and related injuries. As part of their Play Smart. Play Safe. campaign, the league is releasing a software toolkit to make it […]
“Superman Vision” Gets a Boost from Vayyar’s Next Generation Chip: Interview with CEO Raviv Melamed
Earlier this month, Vayyar Imaging, a firm based in Yehud, Israel, announced the launch of its next generation CMOS System on a Chip (SOC), strengthening the company’s position as a global leader in 3D imaging technology. The new chip covers imaging and radar bands from 3 GHz to 81 GHz and, compared to many similar chips with (Read more...)
“Superman Vision” Gets a Boost from Vayyar’s Next Generation Chip: Interview with CEO Raviv Melamed
Earlier this month, Vayyar Imaging, a firm based in Yehud, Israel, announced the launch of its next generation CMOS System on a Chip (SOC), strengthening the company’s position as a global leader in 3D imaging technology. The new chip covers imaging and radar bands from 3 GHz to 81 GHz and, compared to many similar chips with (Read more...)
Allen Integrated Cell Program for Easy but Powerful Analysis of Stem Cells
The Allen Institute for Cell Science in Seattle, Washington has released Allen Integrated Cell, a piece of software that models the intricate details of human induced pluri-potent stem cells. Specifically, it provides a view of these cells in their pluri-potent state, including the various important organelles that perform unique functions ins (Read more...)
Healthcare on the Blockchain, Day 2: Drug Management, Machine Learning, & Private vs. Public Blockchains
Day 2 of IEN’s “Healthcare on the Blockchain” event began with sessions on using blockchain technology for secure verification and changing the architecture of consumer decision making. Morning speakers included David Houlding, Director of Healthcare Privacy & Security at Intel, returning to moderate a session on blockchain se (Read more...)
Healthcare on the Blockchain, Day 1: Tech Primer, Use Cases, & Privacy
Blockchain technology is poised to revolutionize a number of industries from fintech to medtech and everywhere in between. While much of the recent hype around blockchains has more specifically focused on cryptocurrencies, which are built using, but not synonymous with, blockchain, other real-world applications of the underlying technology are begi (Read more...)
Artificial Intelligence Spots Congenital Long QT Syndrome on ECGs
Clinical researchers at Mayo Clinic, working with AliveCor, the company that essentially introduced mobile electrocardiography (ECG) to the mass market, have published a study abstract demonstrating that artificial intelligence can be used to spot patients with congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). The readings come from lead 1 of a 12-lead clin (Read more...)
National Kidney Registry Speeds Up Its Organ Matching System
GE is profiling how it, working with VasoHealthcare IT, an imaging consulting firm, helped the National Kidney Registry improve how quickly potential kidney donors are matched. Read on at GE Reports…
Computer Simulations Help Grow Custom Replacement Cultured Heart Valves
Prosthetic heart valve implantations have become common in modern hospitals, but these devices are still far from perfect. Issues with longevity, calcification, and maintenance of a good fit over many years following placement are some of the existing concerns. An entirely different approach, which involves growing new valves from cultured human ce (Read more...)
AI-Driven Interactive Patient Engagement for Hospitals: Interview with TeleHealth’s Richard Bootes
TeleHealth Services’ iCare Navigator is touted by the company as the healthcare industry’s first interactive patient engagement and education platform driven by artificial intelligence. Patients participate in learning via a health coach avatar and the interaction with this technology follows the patient throughout the duration of their (Read more...)
The WAVE Patient Surveillance and Predictive Algorithm Platform: Interview with Mark Koppel, CMO of Excel Medical
Excel Medical, a medtech company based in Jupiter, Florida, has developed the WAVE patient surveillance and predictive algorithm platform. The system monitors patient physiological information, such as vital signs, in healthcare facilities. It then aggregates, integrates and displays this data in a variety of formats, including through smartphones, (Read more...)
The WAVE Patient Surveillance and Predictive Algorithm Platform: Interview with Mark Koppel, CMO of Excel Medical
Excel Medical, a medtech company based in Jupiter, Florida, has developed the WAVE patient surveillance and predictive algorithm platform. The system monitors patient physiological information, such as vital signs, in healthcare facilities. It then aggregates, integrates and displays this data in a variety of formats, including through smartphones, (Read more...)
Data Security as a Service for Medical Devices: Interview with MedCrypt CEO Mike Kijewski
Data security has been a hot topic in the media recently with revelations about the dissemination of user data at Facebook and breaches at other large businesses like Uber. Healthcare has also had its fair share of cybersecurity issues, with data from 18,000 Medicare members accessed at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield through its vendor LaunchPo (Read more...)