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Low-cost, robotic clothing for children with cerebral palsy

UC Riverside engineers are developing low-cost, robotic "clothing" to help children with cerebral palsy gain control over their arm movements.

23 Sep 2022

AI-based drug screening process could speed up the development of life-saving medicines

Developing life-saving medicines can take billions of dollars and decades of time, but University of Central Florida researchers are aiming to speed up this process with a new artificial intelligence-based drug screening process they've developed.

22 Sep 2022

New imaging approach could help accelerate the development of new treatments for eye diseases

Researchers have developed a simple and fast way to perform optoretinography, an imaging technique that measures light-induced functional activity in the eye's retina, the network of neurons in the back of our eyes responsible for detecting light and initiating vision.

22 Sep 2022

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

An automated process that combines natural language processing and machine learning identified people who inject drugs (PWID) in electronic health records more quickly and accurately than current methods that rely on manual record reviews.

22 Sep 2022

New testing system for rapid detection of COVID-19

PCR tests have been hailed as the gold-standard in detecting and isolating COVID-19 cases. But they are more expensive than antigen tests and need a laboratory to process.

22 Sep 2022

Mount Sinai researchers use unbiased AI-based method to study the causes of cognitive impairment

Mount Sinai researchers have used novel artificial intelligence methods to examine structural and cellular features of human brain tissues to help determine the causes of Alzheimer's disease and other related disorders.

21 Sep 2022

Cutting-edge technology uses MRI to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time.

21 Sep 2022

Artificial intelligence could help fast-track dementia diagnosis

Different forms of dementia could be spotted sooner and more easily by analyzing recordings of patients' electrical brain activity using artificial intelligence (AI), according to new research.

21 Sep 2022

In-home device can monitor Parkinson's patient's movement and gait speed

Parkinson's disease is the fastest-growing neurodegenerative disease, now affecting more than 10 million people worldwide, yet clinicians still face huge challenges in tracking its severity and progression.

21 Sep 2022

Neurocomputational model could shed light on the development of cognitive abilities

A new study introduces a new neurocomputational model of the human brain that could shed light on how the brain develops complex cognitive abilities and advance neural artificial intelligence research.

20 Sep 2022

New device for diagnosing bone fragility approved for marketing in the Europe

A new device for diagnosing bone fragility invented by the University Hospitals of Geneva and the University of Geneva has been approved for marketing in the European Economic Area and Switzerland.

20 Sep 2022

Highly sensitive mask can detect respiratory viruses in the air within 10 minutes

Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza and the coronavirus, in the air in droplets or aerosols.

19 Sep 2022

Small, autonomous device can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors

Engineers at Stanford University have created a small, autonomous device with a stretchable and flexible sensor that can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors below.

19 Sep 2022

Smartphones can detect blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%, study shows

First, pause and take a deep breath. When we breathe in, our lungs fill with oxygen, which is distributed to our red blood cells for transportation throughout our bodies. Our bodies need a lot of oxygen to function, and healthy people have at least 95% oxygen saturation all the time.

19 Sep 2022

Deep AI models fail to capture the configural nature of human shape perception

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) don't see objects the way humans do – using configural shape perception – and that could be dangerous in real-world AI applications, says Professor James Elder, co-author of a York University study published today.

16 Sep 2022

Novel imaging information system may provide a faster, more accurate prognosis for certain cancers

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that a new imaging information system may ultimately provide a faster, more accurate prognosis for certain cancers.

16 Sep 2022

Engineers create a small, non-invasive device that measures changes in tumor size

Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Stanford University have created a small, autonomous device with a stretchable/flexible sensor that can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors below.

16 Sep 2022

University of Arkansas receives NIST award to improve palm-sized, low-cost and wireless COVID sensor

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, via an application from the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, awarded the University of Arkansas $699,604 to improve a Wi-Fi nano-biosensor that will be used in a palm-sized, low-cost and wireless SARS-COV-II detection system.

16 Sep 2022

AI used to identify pancreatic cancer in CT scans

In a recent study published in the journal Radiology, researchers in Taiwan developed a deep learning (DL)–based computer-aided detection (CAD) tool to detect pancreatic cancer on contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scans.

15 Sep 2022

Tufts researchers use machine learning to identify new drug cocktails against tuberculosis

Imagine you have 20 new compounds that have shown some effectiveness in treating a disease like tuberculosis (TB), which affects 10 million people worldwide and kills 1.5 million each year.

14 Sep 2022

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Low-cost, robotic clothing for children with cerebral palsy

AI-based drug screening process could speed up the development of life-saving medicines

New imaging approach could help accelerate the development of new treatments for eye diseases

Artificial intelligence tools speed up the process of identifying people who inject drugs

New testing system for rapid detection of COVID-19

Mount Sinai researchers use unbiased AI-based method to study the causes of cognitive impairment

Cutting-edge technology uses MRI to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time

Artificial intelligence could help fast-track dementia diagnosis

In-home device can monitor Parkinson's patient's movement and gait speed

Neurocomputational model could shed light on the development of cognitive abilities

New device for diagnosing bone fragility approved for marketing in the Europe

Highly sensitive mask can detect respiratory viruses in the air within 10 minutes

Small, autonomous device can be adhered to the skin to measure the changing size of tumors

Smartphones can detect blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%, study shows

Deep AI models fail to capture the configural nature of human shape perception

Novel imaging information system may provide a faster, more accurate prognosis for certain cancers

Engineers create a small, non-invasive device that measures changes in tumor size

University of Arkansas receives NIST award to improve palm-sized, low-cost and wireless COVID sensor

AI used to identify pancreatic cancer in CT scans

Tufts researchers use machine learning to identify new drug cocktails against tuberculosis

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