IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
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mHealth Technology Translation in a Limited Resources Community – Process, Challenges, and Lessons Learned from a Limited Resources Community of Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Waraporn Boonchieng, Jintana Chaiwan, Bijaya Shrestha, Manash Shrestha, Adam J.O. Dede, Ekkarat Boonchieng
Objective: This report aims to provide practical advice about the implementation of a public health monitoring system using both geographic information system technology and mobile health, a term used for healthcare delivery via mobile devices. application amongst household residents and...
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Posted on 28 JAN 2021
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Early detection of Acute Chest Syndrome through electronic recording and analysis of auscultatory percussion
Acute chest syndrome (ACS) is the leading cause of death among people with sickle cell disease. ACS is clinically defined and diagnosed by the presence of a new pulmonary infiltrate on chest imaging with accompanying fever and respiratory symptoms like...
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Posted on 6 OCT 2020
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SARS-CoV-2 Detection from Voice
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Automated voice-based detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could facilitate the screening for COVID19. A dataset of cellular phone recordings from 88 subjects was recently collected. The dataset included vocal utterances, speech and coughs that were self-recorded...
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Posted on 25 SEP 2020
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Can mHealth Technology Help Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Catherine P. Adans-Dester, Stacy Bamberg, Francesco Bertacchi, Brian Caulfield, Kara Chappie, Danilo Demarchi, M. Kelley Erb, Juan Estrada, Eric Fabara, Michael Freni, E. Karl Friedl, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Geoffrey Gill, Mark S. Greenberg, Reed W. Hoyt, Emil Jovanov, Christoph Kanzler, Dina Katabi, Meredith Kernan, Colleen Kigin, Sunghoon Ivan Lee, Steffen Leonhardt, Nigel Hamilton Lovell, Jose Mantilla, Thomas H. McCoy, Nell Meosky Luo, Glenn A. Miller, John Moore, Derek O'Keeffe, Jeffrey Palmer, Federico Parisi, Shyamal Patel, Ming Jack Po, Benito L. Pugliese, Thomas Quatieri, Tauhidur Rahman, Nathan Ramasarma, John A. Rogers, Guillermo U. Ruiz-Esparza, Stefano Sapienza, Gregory Schiurring, Lee Schwamm, Hadi Shafiee, Sara Kelly Silacci, Nathaniel M. Sims, Tanya Talkar, William J. Tharion, James A. Toombs, Christopher Uschnig, Gloria Vergara, Paul Wacnik, May D. Wang, James Welch, Lina Williamson, Ross Zafonte, Adrian Zai, Yuan-Ting Zhang, Guillermo J. Tearney, Rushdy Ahmad, David R. Walt, Paolo Bonato
Goal: The aim of the study herein reported was to review mobile health (mHealth) technologies and explore their use to monitor and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A Task Force was assembled by recruiting individuals with expertise...
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Posted on 17 AUG 2020
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High Resolution Cervical Auscultation Signal Features Reflect Vertical and Horizontal Displacement of the Hyoid Bone During Swallowing
Cédrine Rebrion, Zhenwei Zhang, Yassin Khalifa, Mona Ramadan, Atsuko Kurosu, James L. Coyle, Subashan Perera, Ervin Sejdić
Abstract
Millions of people across the globe suffer from swallowing difficulties, known as dysphagia, which can lead to malnutrition, pneumonia, and even death. Swallowing cervical auscultation, which has been suggested as a noninvasive screening method for dysphagia, has not been associated...
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Posted on 9 JAN 2019
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An AI-based Heart Failure Treatment Adviser System
Zhuo Chen, Elmer Salazar, Kyle Marple, Sandeep R. Das, Alpesh Amin, Daniel Cheeran, Lakshman Tamil, Gopal Gupta
Management of heart failure is a major health care challenge. Healthcare providers are expected to use best practices described in clinical practice guidelines, which typically consist of a long series of complex rules. For heart failure management, the relevant guidelines...
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Posted on 26 NOV 2018
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Radial Pulse Spectrum Analysis as Risk Markers to Improve the Risk Stratification of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Diabetic patients with silent myocardial ischemia (SMI) have elevated rates of morbidity and mortality and need intensive care and monitoring. An early predictor of SMI may lead to early diagnosis and medical treatment to prevent progression and adverse clinical events....
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Posted on 19 SEP 2018
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Improved Detection of Lung Fluid with Standardized Acoustic Stimulation of the Chest
Accumulation of excess air and water in the lungs leads to breakdown of respiratory function and is a common cause of patient hospitalization. Compact and non-invasive methods to detect the changes in lung fluid accumulation can allow physicians to assess...
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Posted on 10 SEP 2018
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Image Quality Evaluation in Clinical Research: A Case Study on Brain and Cardiac MRI Images in Multi-Center Clinical Trials
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MRI system images are important components in the development of drugs because it can reveal the underlying pathology in diseases. Unfortunately the processes of image acquisition, storage, transmission, processing and analysis can influence image quality with the risk of compromising...
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Posted on 10 SEP 2018
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Smartphone Allows Capture of Speech Abnormalities Associated With High Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease
Although smartphone technology provides new opportunities for the recording of speech samples in everyday life, its ability to capture prodromal speech impairment in persons with a high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (PD) has never been investigated. Speech data were...
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Posted on 17 AUG 2018