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Machine Learning Helps Identify Insects that Spread Chagas Disease

A new study performed at the University of Kansas reveals that machine learning has the potential to identify insects that spread Chagas, an incurable disease, with high precision, using normal digital photos.

21 Jun 2019

Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm Developed Without the Need for Brain Implants

A team of scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, in partnership with the University of Minnesota, have made a remarkable discovery in the field of noninvasive robotic device control.

20 Jun 2019

Medical Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosing and Treating Brain Conditions

A new technique has been developed by MIT researchers to obtain more information from images used for training machine-learning models, such as those that can examine medical scans to help identify and treat brain disorders.

20 Jun 2019

Tiny Robot Could Help Detect Gastrointestinal Disorders

Engineers have recently demonstrated that technically, a small robotic capsule could be guided into the colon to capture micro-ultrasound images.

20 Jun 2019

Scaffold Microrobots Used Successfully in Cell Transplantation

A Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) research team has successfully developed stem cell delivery of scaffold microrobot that can exactly deliver cells to a target body tissue.

18 Jun 2019

iCAD Launches ProFound AI for 2D Mammography in Europe

iCAD, Inc., a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy solutions, today announced the launch of ProFound AI™ for 2D Mammography in Europe.

14 Jun 2019

Artificial Intelligence Technology Helps Predict Optical Properties of Protein Skeleton

Protein is said to be the basis of life. The flexible and stable protein structure governs the function of organisms. The proteins’ spectral response signals can be referred to as a protein skeleton, which can uncover the accurate protein structure via hypothetical simulation.

13 Jun 2019

AI Superior to Humans in the Diagnosis of Skin Lesions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is better than humans when diagnosis of pigmented skin lesions is concerned. In a study carried out under the direction of the Medical University of Vienna human specialists "competed" against computer algorithms.

13 Jun 2019

New Artificial Intelligence Technique Allows High-Quality CT Scans with Reduced Radiation Dose

At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), a team of bioengineers has devised an artificial intelligence (AI) method that utilizes image post-processing to quickly change low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans to superior quality images, when compared to low-dose scans that do not utilize the AI method.

11 Jun 2019

DEKRA Issues CE-Mark to MUSA, World’s First Surgical Robot for Open Microsurgery

MUSA is the first surgical robot in the world to be used in open microsurgery. This robotic system is commercially and clinically available following the recent issuance of medical device CE-mark by DEKRA, a notified body.

10 Jun 2019