Stergiou of Sotiria Hospital of Athens (Greece) and colleagues assessed the automatic device in 73 people: 27 with atrial fibrillation, 23 with arrhythmia other than atrial fibrillation and 23 reference persons in sinus rhythm.

Overall, rose to 217 blood pressure measurements, all with simultaneous ECG monitoring.

The authors note that when the diagnosis of atrial fibrillation was based in a single measurement, the sensitivity of the algorithm was 93% and specificity of 89%.

Under optimal circumstances (three measurements with at least two to diagnose atrial fibrillation) the sensitivity was 100% and specificity of 89%, indicating a “near perfect match” with the electrocardiograph diagnosis.

Under these optimal circumstances (diagnosis based on two measurements at least three positive) diagnosis of atrial fibrillation was incorrect in five people.

In all these cases, patients had arrhythmia other than atrial fibrillation in the three measurements.

Dr. Stergiou told Reuters Health that long-term self-monitoring of hypertensive patients using a device equipped with an atrial fibrillation detector would allow an earlier diagnosis without additional screening costs.

He added that the “implementation of this technology should be evaluated in other devices for measuring blood pressure and for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring 24-hour blood pressure (especially in patients with intermittent atrial fibrillation), which could also contribute to Early detection of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation and therefore the prevention of stroke. ”

“Additional research is needed on the accuracy of electronic blood pressure monitors in patients with atrial fibrillation, aimed at improving the treatment of hypertension in these patients.”

Endoscopic demand is growing and tending to increase its minimally invasive nature and the great amount of information it provides. It also enables accurate and efficient diagnosis while curative treatments.

Also, the endoscopy unit is equipped to perform a technique called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), which is recommended for diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases of the biliary tract and pancreas. Before his deployment was also carried out a great effort of organization and training section, carrying out some of its practitioners a training process that enabled their entry into the service portfolio.

Before the launch of this new technique for patients who needed it had to be moved to other hospitals. A total of 122 patients have been able to benefit from this new technique.

Increased patient safety
The Endoscopy Unit has significantly increased the safety of the patient undergoing the endoscopic procedure, reducing the inconvenience that may occur in patients undergoing surgery and improved the comfort of them. It also allowed us to increase the activity of the unit, with the consequent reduction of waiting time and the operation of this service which is adjacent to external queries.

The endoscopy area consists of a pre-sedation room, two rooms for gastrointestinal examinations and a room for endoscopic examination of breath. All are equipped with the latest technology, with towers high definition endoscopy. Moreover, integrating a sedation and recovery room consisting of four beds reserved for the recovery of patients treated, with complete equipment for surveillance monitoring of patients after anesthesia.

It also has a cleaning and disinfection module connected to the three endoscopy rooms, where they proceeded to a prompt and proper sterilization of equipment to expedite and other interventions.

70% of world population has no access to this diagnosis, I say Zar, since it is difficult to have an MRI or scanner in a rural community where there is no electricity. Through the cell, the images may be sent to a centralized unit where specialists can analyze and diagnose.

The technology used for Windows-compatible phones, the company that funded the research with a grant of 100 000 dollars. The probes are priced at about $ 2 000 and the goal is worth $ 500, while a typical portable ultrasound machine sells for up to 30 000 dollars.

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With an optional trandsuctores different types. In the basic configuration comes with a single transducer.

However, these machines are usually quite large, and the most modern “portable” is the size of a printer.

For now the GE (General Electric) has demonstrated a truly portable ultrasound system the size of a cell phone, which he calls the vscan GE Ultrasound System.

In this first generation, the device can operate for up to 1 h duration with a battery (exchangeable) integrated, and microSD cards can store images and videos, which can later be downloaded to PCs and traditional computers can even burn notes voice separately.

The standard equipment is configured for HP, OBGYN, and Abd (terms such equipment operators understand) and color Doppler support across the screen, which step can be manipulated with your fingers to issue commands and make JOINING zoom like an iPhone.

The device will be available next year at U.S. $ 10,000, and it is currently being tested in some health centers.

It is important to note that these teams started costing millions of dollars and being the size of an entire room, after hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now cost $ 10,000 and fit in the palm of the hand. A great testament to the exponential growth of technology, which incidentally causes a reduction in costs exponentially.

In the future I imagine that these devices do not use screens, but images deployed directly onto the retina of the operator with technologies like this.

The local hospital Virgen del Carmen, this year will be equipped with a portable ultrasound and mammography, as assured sources of the Health Ministry in Buenos Aires DISCUSSION.

The provision of infrastructure, to conduct timely analysis to patients, is part of the recent opening of the tender envelopes by the Provincial Government with the aim of improving the technological equipment in the hospitals.

A mammography unit is a rectangular box containing the tube that generates X-rays. The unit is used exclusively for X-ray examinations in the breast with special accessories that allow only the ma-ma will be exposed to X-rays Connected to the unit super-carriers of a device he argues and compresses the breast and positions in order to obtain images from different perspectives.

Since the ultrasound carrier arrived tiles ultrasound market, the chances of obtaining medical diagnoses were expanded its horizons in all specialties.
These devices have all the benefits of conventional ultrasound machines have, in some cases, more than 100 pounds.

The latest models feature high resolution screens of images, which makes them a more than attractive tool for work and development of diagnostic imaging.
For its malleability, the portable Delphi ecogra won, in principle, much ground in the area of medical emergencies, since they allow a diagnosis in situ without the removal or excessive patient movement.

This technique is like providing a “big picture” to facilitate the genetic study of the AIDS virus. Not only led to the discovery of AIDS therapies in new ways, this technique can also be used to observe and diseases such as influenza virus and others.

“We really hope that this technique can help find the most potent drugs,” said Kevin Weeks of the University of North Carolina, as quoted by Reuters.

“We’ve had a series of major plans we can try through this technique,” he added.

According to Weeks, there are many structures contained in the RNA of HIV genetic role in the expression of the genetic code. Formerly, the role of this structure is not considered to have an important role.

Weeks and his team then developed a new chemical method called SHAPE to create an image of RNA nucleotides and also its shape and fold the edge of the RNA.

Other imaging methods such as X-ray Crystallography can capture the position of each atom exactly, but only in small areas. While SHAPE, showed greater imaging, but not at the atomic level.

“In essence, this technique such a way that enlarge image imaging genetic mapping to get a broader view and more complete details on the genetic virus,” said Weeks.

This technique will help researchers create drugs that is more effective to treat a variety of viruses from the disease.

New drugs will be produced to meet the specific requirements of the virus structure, so it can block them to attack the cells or at least prevent it can replicate itself.

Traditional treatment requires the use of amblyopia special glasses so thick that for several months before the eyes of patients actually improved.

According to the researchers, this method will actually worsen the conditions that resulted in eye health social stigma for the patient’s infancy. In other words, this method is not 100 percent effective. Such information is quoted from the Times of India.

Ophthalmologist and a brain Uri Polat, from Tel Aviv University developed a computer method of therapy that helps heal children with amblyopia by allowing them to enjoy the fun playing games while undergoing therapy.

When patients late in playing computer games, he would stay awake and hopes things beyond expectations.

“How this treatment, originally only intended for adults only, namely to improve nerve activity in the brain, which acts as the operator function of the eye. But when applied to children with amblyopia, the therapy seems to play this game can also heal them,” Polat said.

The results showed that the therapy was in front of the computer for 20 hours of therapy has an effect equivalent to 500 hours using special glasses amblyopia patients.

Polat was now working with gaming experts from the University of Rochester developed a special game for therapy children with amblyopia.

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A wheelchair had been created by a Japanese automotive company, Toyota, through research funded by involving a group of scientists.

To move the wheelchair, the user must use a special headgear that has been linked with a machine connected to the brain (electroencelograph machine). Later, the machine will read the signals from the brain to then be translated into a movement, through the integrated kommputer assistance with wheelchairs.

“Users no longer need the help of others to push a wheelchair. Just by thinking about what to do with the wheelchair, the chair itself that will do what you want. To the right, left, forward, backward. To stop, users simply moves his/her chin down, “said the Toyota.

The researchers from Toyota added wheelchair has a 95 percent accuracy of the motion response. They hope this technology can be used for purposes that support the medical rehabilitation of wheelchair users, both physical and psychological.

According to Toyota, this chair is a mind reader device with a quick response. This device has the ability to translate thought into motion in time format milisecond 125. Very much compared to the same technology in a different device, the ability to reach the 7-second response.

This engineering eye is not as perfect as the original eye. But by replacing the function of retinal cells, this bionic robot can help provide the basis for the vision of those who suffer from retinitis pigmentation or age-related muscular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness.

In addition, users will be wearing special glasses equipped with a small camera that can send images to a chip relay wrapped in titanium that is placed on the outer surface of the eyeball. The chip will then send the electrode under the retina to stimulate the optic nerve. Glasses will also wireless send that surrounds the eyeball.

MIT scientists have been working to develop this retinal implants for 20 years as part of the Boston Retinal Implant Project. Around 10 years ago, the researchers tested six electrodes in the blind patients, who reported seeing clouds like images when stimulated.

“We need three years to test this retinal implant, in order to work optimally,” explained chairman of the MIT scientists Jhon Wyatt, told Cnet.

Retinal implant has been successfully tested in pigs for 10 months without damaging the electronics.

Around 20 teams around the world who work to make dreams eye implants, is now developing cochlear implants are intended for hearing-impaired people.