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by Alfred Poor | December 10, 2015 | General News, Medical
Medical imaging is a modern miracle; doctors are able to peer inside the human body and detect injuries or abnormal growth such as cancer tumors. This digital data can be presented as two-dimensional images: slices through the body at regular intervals. One problem is...
by Alfred Poor | October 23, 2015 | Enabling Tech, General News, Medical
Surgery is not an exact science. Doctors can study anatomy all they want, but as a practical matter, every patient is a little different. And when you’re trying to remove a cancer tumor, there’s no textbook that can show you precisely what you’re...
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by Alfred Poor | August 27, 2015 | Medical
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then medical imaging data completely eclipses all other medical record information about a patient. With x-rays, MRI, and other digital imaging technology available to healthcare professionals, some radiologists must handle more...
by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2015 | Enabling Tech
One of the most intriguing applications for wearable technology, especially for Health Tech applications, is the head-mounted display. It can provide different images to each eye, resulting in stereoscopic 3D effects. It can be use for virtual reality (VR) immersive...
by Alfred Poor | December 2, 2014 | Medical
For patients living with chronic pain, spinal chord stimulatiom (SCS) can provide relief by providing small electrical currents to the spine. Traditionally, these devices have been connected by wires to batteries, often requiring lengthy surgical procedures. Stimwave...
