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Leading pediatric hospital reveals top AI models in COVID-19 Grand Challenge

The top 10 results have been unveiled in the first-of-its-kind COVID-19 Lung CT Lesion Segmentation Grand Challenge, a groundbreaking research competition focused on developing artificial intelligence (AI) models to help in the visualization and measurement of COVID specific lesions in the lungs of infected patients, potentially facilitating to more timely and patient-specific medical interventions.

12 Jan 2021

Highly sensitive wearable sensor shows promise for cardiorespiratory monitoring

A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring.

12 Jan 2021

UW investigators and Talkspace collaborate to study patient experiences with telepsychotherapy

As Americans come to grip with a mental health crisis worsened by the pandemic, smartphone and other digital-health applications are getting more scrutiny.

12 Jan 2021

FDA's AI/ML-Based Software as a Medical Device Action Plan released

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released the agency's first Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)-Based Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Action Plan. This action plan describes a multi-pronged approach to advance the Agency's oversight of AI/ML-based medical software.

12 Jan 2021

Wearable heart monitors and deep learning can provide early warning of SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent study, appearing as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, reveals the possibility of early prediction of SARS-CoV-2 infection using data on the resting heart rate in the presymptomatic period.

12 Jan 2021

Study offers data related to physicians' potential liability to use AI in personalized medicine

Physicians who follow artificial intelligence (AI) advice may be considered less liable for medical malpractice than is commonly thought, according to a new study of potential jury candidates in the U.S.

11 Jan 2021

Rice model could help clinicians personalize hip joints

Rice University engineers hope to make life better for those with replacement joints by modeling how artificial hips are likely to rub them the wrong way.

11 Jan 2021

Sustained immune response memory detected in recovered COVID-19 patients

A team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine has found that people who had mild COVID-19 developed a multi-layered immune response against SARS-Cov-2. The researchers detected neutralizing antibodies against the virus for at least three months after recovering from the infection.

11 Jan 2021

KAIST develops low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room

A team from KAIST has developed a low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room called a Mobile Clinic Module (MCM).

11 Jan 2021

New machine learning workflows for better prediction of psychosis

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris, combined psychiatric assessments with machine-learning models that analyze clinical and biological data.

11 Jan 2021

Synthetic lung organoids provide high-throughput platform to identify new cellular targets of SARS-CoV-2

An interesting new study published on the bioRxiv preprint server describes a new platform that allows a high-throughput workflow to generate matched human lung buds in the tens of thousands. This allows researchers to study SARS-CoV-2 infection and therapeutics in lung tissue that mirrors the key aspects of human lung development.

10 Jan 2021

New test detects SARS-CoV-2 in less than 5 mins

A fast and accurate virus detection strategy is very crucial to reduce the rate of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen responsible for COVID-19. The global scientific research community responded to this unprecedented demand in diagnostic testing by developing several detection platforms, the most sensitive of which detect the viral RNA.

10 Jan 2021

Device / Technology News

Leading pediatric hospital reveals top AI models in COVID-19 Grand Challenge

Highly sensitive wearable sensor shows promise for cardiorespiratory monitoring

UW investigators and Talkspace collaborate to study patient experiences with telepsychotherapy

FDA's AI/ML-Based Software as a Medical Device Action Plan released

Wearable heart monitors and deep learning can provide early warning of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study offers data related to physicians' potential liability to use AI in personalized medicine

Rice model could help clinicians personalize hip joints

Sustained immune response memory detected in recovered COVID-19 patients

KAIST develops low-cost and ready-for-rapid-production negative pressure room

New machine learning workflows for better prediction of psychosis

Synthetic lung organoids provide high-throughput platform to identify new cellular targets of SARS-CoV-2

New test detects SARS-CoV-2 in less than 5 mins

Cancer patients benefit from using automated device to manage their symptoms

Wireless medical device might help with weight loss

Neurofeedback helps leg amputees to perceive the prostheses as lighter

Advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform rapidly detects COVID-19 antibodies

Researchers analyze varying structure of ear canals to improve comfort, efficiency of earplugs

Study shows how people are influenced by their visual environment

Engineered nanodroplets and ultrasound 'drill' can help eliminate tough blood clots

Researchers develop deep learning model to predict occult peritoneal metastasis in gastric cancer patients

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