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May 28, 2010: Agent-Based Modeling for Type-II Diabetes

TRLabs has recently completed a study that modeled the inter-actions between Type-II diabetic patients and their physicians using software agent technology. This study will provide healthcare professionals with the tools to evaluate the short and long term effects of various medical interventions, lifestyles, and frequency of blood sugar testing on the health of patients. Furthermore, this study will allow healthcare professionals to predict the financial cost of the various interventions. With a better understand-ing of the cost and effectiveness of interventions, it is anticipated that healthcare practitioners will be able to reduce cost and improve quality of diabetic treatments.

Dec 15, 2009: Wimax for Telemedicine and Mobile Health Service

In an emergency in an emergency situation situation, how quickly a patient reaches a medical professional can determine the well being of the patient. In some cases, just an assessment of the situation by a medical professional could greatly improve the well being of the patient. Having a way for a patient to be in contact with their doctor over long distances, with the inclusion of all the medical information of the patient available to the doctor in real time could greatly improve medical practice. To solve the problem of the disconnect between doctors and patients in certain situations, TRLabs researchers have introduced the idea of using Wimax to keep patients in touch with their doctors. The proposed idea would keep ambulances, and rural medical offices connected to a central hospital in a metropolitan area. Medical information, and patient contact could all be done using IEEE 802.16-based technology. This would greatly improve the survival rate of a patient in an emergency situation.

Jul 31, 2009: Archive Planning for a Distributed PACS

In the health industry, digital imaging data are stored and processed by a system called Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS). There are two types of architectures that can be chosen to implement a PACS: centralized and distributed. The centralized system is the most common today. Our challenge is to create an architecture that uses the distributed design that is more efficient for new and current PACS.

May 21, 2009: 4D Screening and Digital Image Reconstruction

TRLab’s researchers have developed new algorithms for calculating PET images that can provide significant cost reduction and improvement in safety.

Jul 09, 2008: Acoustical Sleep Apnea Diagnosis

TRLabs’ researchers propose to design and build an integrated system to detect apnea episodes and estimate airflow acoustically.

Feb 26, 2007: Web-Based Remote Respiratory and Swallowing Sound Monitoring

Researchers at TRLabs are developing a method for extracting and classifying swallowing sounds through digital signal processes.