Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Finger-prick test could screen for early Alzheimer's
GPs could soon be able to screen their patients for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) using a simple handheld device developed by Monash engineers.
Aug 28, 2024
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News tagged with sensors
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Worldwide machine learning contest advances wearable tech for Parkinson's disease
Researchers at TAU's Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences invited the international community of machine learning researchers to participate in a contest devised to advance their study and assist neurologists: developing ...
Aug 19, 2024
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Cardiology
New progress in wearable blood pressure monitoring enabled by flexible electronics and machine learning
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Hypertension, as one of the predisposing factors of cardiovascular disease, is an important reason for the high incidence of cardiovascular disease. Actively ...
Aug 5, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Improving Alzheimer's disease imaging, with fluorescent sensors
Neurotransmitter levels in the brain can indicate brain health and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. However, the protective blood-brain barrier (BBB) makes delivering fluorescent sensors that can detect these ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Abbott warns that some of its blood sugar monitors may need replacement due to incorrect readings
Abbott is warning that sensors on some of its blood sugar monitoring systems may need to be replaced to prevent inaccurate readings.
Jul 25, 2024
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Health
Timing matters: Study suggests ways to improve wearable sensor health alerts
When seemingly healthy people receive an alert from a wearable sensor telling them they might have a respiratory virus—based on small changes in their unique heart rate, sleep and activity patterns—what do they do? According ...
Jul 25, 2024
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Neuroscience
Accurate and continuous remote monitoring of step length can be sensitive marker for neurological diseases and aging
Researchers have used machine learning technologies to develop an algorithm that converts data from a small, lightweight, waterproof wearable sensor taped to the lower back into an accurate estimate of step length. The model ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Neuroscience
Nanosized sensor could help advance treatment for spinal cord disease, injury
Implantable technologies have significantly improved our ability to study and even modulate the activity of neurons in the brain, but neurons in the spinal cord are harder to study in action.
Jul 11, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Researchers find better way to detect when older adults fall at home
When older adults fall at home, every second counts—especially when they are alone.
Jun 27, 2024
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Health informatics
Balancing act: Novel wearable sensors and AI transform balance assessment
Balance can be impacted by various factors, including diseases such as Parkinson's disease, acute and chronic injuries to the nervous system, and the natural aging process. Accurately assessing balance in patients is important ...
Jun 26, 2024
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Sensor
A sensor is a device that measures a physical quantity and converts it into a signal which can be read by an observer or by an instrument. For example, a mercury thermometer converts the measured temperature into expansion and contraction of a liquid which can be read on a calibrated glass tube. A thermocouple converts temperature to an output voltage which can be read by a voltmeter. For accuracy, all sensors need to be calibrated against known standards.
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