Biomedical technology
New touch-free vital signs monitoring technique
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University have developed a technique that monitors a patient's vital signs completely touch free.
Mar 30, 2021
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News tagged with diagnostic tools
Radiology & Imaging
X-rays combined with AI offer fast diagnostic tool in detecting COVID-19
X-rays, first used clinically in the late 1890s, could be a leading-edge diagnostic tool for COVID-19 patients with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a team of researchers in Brazil. They used machine learning ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Custom proteins for malaria diagnostics
A global health organization and state-of-the-art laboratory at The University of Queensland are collaborating to support the development and evaluation of point-of-care diagnostics for malaria with new custom-made proteins.
Mar 15, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chip simplifies COVID-19 testing, delivers results on a phone
COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cell phone, according to Rice University engineers.
Feb 25, 2021
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Medical research
Hypothetical case suggests genetic testing has significant limitations for predicting disease in a healthy patient
Despite its utility as a diagnostic tool in patients with specific risk factors for genetic disease, genetic testing still has significant limitations for predicting disease in a healthy patient. Authors from Colombia University ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Health
Digital health in spotlight as pandemic shifts tech show focus
Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry's big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact on medical delivery.
Jan 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sensor can detect scarred or fatty liver tissue
About 25 percent of the U.S. population suffers from fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to fibrosis of the liver and, eventually, liver failure.
Dec 1, 2020
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Radiology & Imaging
AI can detect COVID-19 in the lungs like a virtual physician, new study shows
A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a new study showing that artificial intelligence can be nearly as accurate as a physician in diagnosing COVID-19 in the lungs.
Sep 30, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers streamline PTSD diagnosis with machine learning
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects eight million adults in the US, including hundreds of thousands of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. And as the COVID crisis continues to take its toll on everyone's ...
Sep 30, 2020
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Tool uses fat in bone and muscle to diagnose disease, predict falls and fractures
Doctors will soon be able to use fat to diagnose musculoskeletal disease within seconds and predict the risk of falls and fractures in older people, thanks to a world-leading tool developed by Melbourne researchers.
Sep 18, 2020
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