Title: Healthcare%20Technology%20Patient%20Care
1Healthcare Technology Patient Care
- Sharon Roth-DeFulvio
- 4/20/2006
2Agenda
- Technology Watch List
- Technology 3 Heartsbreath Breathalyzers
- Technology 2 Dynamic 3D Echocardiography in
Virtual Reality - Technology 1 Nanocarriers to Fight Cancer
3Technology Watch List
- Nanocarriers to Fight Cancer
- Dynamic 3D echocardiography in virtual reality
- Heartsbreath Breathalyzers
- Enzyme-based computers
- Spray-on Nanocomputers
- A laser that sees through solid objects
- Iris Identification
- PACS (Picture Archival Communication System)
used with Diagnostic Radiology - Artemis
- E-Prescribing
- 3-D Face Imaging
- FIRAT (Force Sensing Integrated Readout and
Active Tip) - Genetically engineered mice with glowing hearts
- 3D ads in the sky
- Nanoarmors
4Technology 3Heartsbreath Breathalyzers
- A breath sensor, a billion times more
sensitive than police breathalyzers, can already
check for asthma, ulcers or trouble with a heart
transplant, and if the chemical fingerprint of a
disease is known, it can test for it. Crucial to
the test is not the shallow breath from the upper
part of our lungs but the breath derived from
alveoli, the tiny chambers at the tips of the
bronchial air passages, deep inside. Alveoli are
lined with membranes loaded with tiny blood
vessels. The chemicals in the blood easily cross
this membrane so that the alveolar breath
"mirrors the composition of the blood."
Heartsbreath scanner (Credit Menssana Research).
5Technology3Heartsbreathalyzers Opportunity
- In the future, hand-held devices similar to a
Palm Pilot may be routinely used for the early
detection of breast, colon and other cancers,
tuberculosis, diabetes and pre-eclampsia. - Home monitoring hand-held breath monitors will
on day be used at home to check our health and
the evolution of our diseases. - Increase testing for disease/health conditions
6Technology 3Heartsbreathalyzer Benefits
- Early detection of diseases and conditions.
- Reduction in costs of testing
- Innovative and less invasive test for diseases
and health conditions. - Reduction in the cost of traditional tests for
diseases and health conditions - At home patient monitoring of progression of
disease and present condition.
7Technology 2Dynamic 3D echocardiographyin
virtual reality
- Doctors are using a virtual reality system to
visualize the heart in three dimensions and
detect if it is healthy or not. In a pilot
study, ten doctors were able to move around
virtual three-dimensional animated images or
'holograms' of the heart and to make correct
diagnosis after a ten-minute training.
8 ?This figure shows a researcher in the I-Space,
looking at the 3D hologram wearing a lightweight
pair of glasses with polarizing lenses. Within
the I-space the head and hand movements of the
viewer is being tracking by four infrared
cameras, allowing a natural interaction with the
images that are displayed.
? A 3D hologram of a patient with an
atrioventricular septal defect is seen from a
ventricular view. The arrow points out the
commissure between the superior (SBL) and
inferior bridging leaflets (IBL) (RV right
ventricle).
?An impression of a 6-walled I-space virtual
reality system. The I-space installed at the
Erasmus is a 4-walled system, without ceiling and
sliding back wall.
Images courtesy of Barco N.V.
9Heart Disease Facts
10Technology 2Dynamic 3D echocardiographyin
virtual reality - Opportunities
- Until now, the 3D echocardiographic
reconstructions could only be seen on a 2D
screen, but virtual reality makes it possible to
'dive' into the actual 3D anatomy of the heart. - Professionals, familiar with intracardiac
anatomy, can learn how to handle the technique
and cut through these holograms within 10
minutes. - Subsequently, they were all able to correctly
diagnose the intracardiac anatomy or pathology of
the mitral valve. - At the moment, I-Space technology is only
available in a few dedicated research centres
throughout the world. Therefore, the combination
of the 3D echocardiography and virtual reality is
very uncommon and the applicability and
usefulness in clinical practice is still limited.
11Technology 2Dynamic 3D echocardiographyin
virtual reality - Benefits
- Improve patient quality of care.
- Detection of abnormalities and heart disease in
the earliest stages.
12Technology 1Nanocarriers to Fight Cancer
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16Technology 1Nanocarriers to Fight Cancer
- Anticancer drugs are now being administered to
patients using methods that cause the
indiscriminate killing of both diseased and
healthy cells. - Such chemotherapy leads to side-effects, such as
nausea, fatigue, and hair loss, and makes the
patient weak and frail. - For these reasons, there is a crucial need for
the development of more effective cancer therapy,
which not only minimizes side-effects but also
directly targets diseased cells.
17Technology 1Nanocarriers to Fight Cancer
- Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering
and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have
designed 'smart' nanocarriers which deliver the
drugs exactly where they are needed, reducing
side effects and suppressing cancer growth. Their
core-shell nanoparticles are both sensitive to
temperature and to acidic levels. When these
nanocarriers encounter acidic environments such
as tumor tissues, they break apart and release
the molecules they contain.
18Technology 1 - OpportunityNanocarriers to Fight
Cancer
- Intelligent drug delivery.
- Opportunity for a more effective cancer therapy -
Directly targets diseased cells. - Minimizes side-effects of current radiation
treatments. - This technology may also be used in in-vitro and
animal studies for drug discovery.
19Technology 1 - BenefitsNanocarriers to Fight
Cancer
- Intelligent drug delivery
- Quality of life patient and family
- Reduction in the risk to healthcare
professionals. - The powerful drugs used in chemotherapy can
themselves cause cancer and pose a risk to
nurses, pharmacists and others who handle them. - Significant reduction in healthcare costs.
20Sources
- American Cancer Society
- American Heart Association
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Marsa, Linda, Special to The Los Angeles Times,
November 19, 2005 - http//blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/