The University of South Australia has published a study where an AI-powered computer vision system that has the same accuracy as an ECG machine was used to remotely monitor premature babies' vital signs. The platform can also detect their faces while lying in hospital beds.
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According to a press statement, the university's researchers developed the "baby detector" software using a...
The increased spotlight on Google’s healthcare privacy practices doesn’t seem to be letting up, with the Washington Post publishing a story this morning detailing a botched arrangement between the tech giant and the National Institutes of Health back in 2017.
The two groups had a research arrangement centered on more than 100,000 chest X-ray images provided to Google by the NIH. However,...
While Philips made a name for itself in the 20th century making TVs, VCRs and other electronics, its more recent history is exclusively focused on the healthcare industry. But even the fabric of Philips’ healthcare research is quickly shifting, incorporating new technologies—both in hardware and software.
“In the past we were always thought of as a hardware company. So, our head of strategy said...
After a child with a complex condition has been hospitalized and continuously monitored by high-tech devices, it can be a rude awakening for parents when they are sent home with a binder and a pencil to record progress, according to Dr. Jeff Vergales, a pediatric cardiologist at UVA Children’s Hospital.
The University of Virginia is aiming to tackle this problem with a program called Building...
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new wearable sensor for newborns that is being pitched as an alternative to the traditional wire technology, which can prevent babies from being held.
The system's two sensors also work differently than the wire sensors. One attaches to the baby’s chest and the other to the baby’s foot, allowing clinicians to have a view of opposite ends of...
A smart baby bottle, which uses sensors to measure a baby's tongue strength and sends the data to a provider's mobile device, has received FDA clearance. Atlanta, Georgia-based NFANT Labs, formerly known as CCB Research Group, has been working on the system for about a little under two years.
"Many infants in the NICU have trouble transitioning from tube feeding to bottle or breast feeding and...
