José Antonio Alves de Menezes, J. Gomes, Vitor de Carvalho Hazin, Júlio César Sousa Dantas, M. Rodrigues, W. P. dos Santos
{"title":"Classification based on sparse representations of attributes derived from empirical mode decomposition in a multiclass problem of motor imagery in EEG signals","authors":"José Antonio Alves de Menezes, J. Gomes, Vitor de Carvalho Hazin, Júlio César Sousa Dantas, M. Rodrigues, W. P. dos Santos","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00770-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00770-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"11 1","pages":"747 - 767"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79690626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Internet of things in Healthcare: a conventional literature review","authors":"Brijendra Singh, Daphne Lopez, R. Ramadan","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00771-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00771-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"52 1","pages":"699 - 719"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88805866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Adom, E. Addison, Bright Kwakye Awuah, F. Hasford, Martin Owusu-Mensah
{"title":"Towards clinical use of Varian Clinac iX linear accelerator in a low resource radiotherapy facility: evaluation of commissioning data","authors":"J. Adom, E. Addison, Bright Kwakye Awuah, F. Hasford, Martin Owusu-Mensah","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00769-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00769-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"571 - 583"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84249785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mvoufo Fokou, F. Hasford, Maurice M. Ndontchueng, S. Tagoe, R. N. Njantang, T. Dery, A. Simo, Kofi O. A. Larbi, Philip Mantheaw, E. Eduful, O. Motapon
{"title":"In-vivo dosimetry with EBT-3 gafchromic films and thermoluminescent dosimeters in breast cancer radiotherapy treatments","authors":"Mvoufo Fokou, F. Hasford, Maurice M. Ndontchueng, S. Tagoe, R. N. Njantang, T. Dery, A. Simo, Kofi O. A. Larbi, Philip Mantheaw, E. Eduful, O. Motapon","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00767-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00767-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"85 1","pages":"585 - 600"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90654577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prototyping and testing an accessible e-health patient portal designed to include patients with/without vision or hearing impairments","authors":"W. Farhan, Jamil Razmak","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00766-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00766-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"27 1","pages":"639 - 658"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73684449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel functional stock-well transform for ocular artifact removal from EEG","authors":"S. Behera, M. Mohanty","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00765-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00765-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"32 1","pages":"601 - 613"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89777565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Oronti, Laura Lopez-Perez, Davide Piaggio, G. Fico, L. Pecchia
{"title":"Effects of home telemonitoring using non-invasive versus conventional approaches on patients affected by congestive heart failure: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis","authors":"I. Oronti, Laura Lopez-Perez, Davide Piaggio, G. Fico, L. Pecchia","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00764-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00764-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"52 1","pages":"535 - 555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79402917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technology as a lecture enhancement tool in the clinical laboratory science classroom","authors":"M. Stewart, Mallory Lund, Elizabeth P. McQuillen","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00768-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-023-00768-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":"29 1","pages":"631 - 637"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90428869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lucy G Sinclair, Laura R Dougall, Zornitsa Ilieva, Karen McKenzie, John G Anderson, Scott J MacGregor, Michelle Maclean
{"title":"Laboratory evaluation of the broad-spectrum antibacterial efficacy of a low-irradiance visible 405-nm light system for surface-simulated decontamination.","authors":"Lucy G Sinclair, Laura R Dougall, Zornitsa Ilieva, Karen McKenzie, John G Anderson, Scott J MacGregor, Michelle Maclean","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00761-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12553-023-00761-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Lighting systems which use visible light blended with antimicrobial 405-nm violet-blue light have recently been developed for safe continuous decontamination of occupied healthcare environments. This paper characterises the optical output and antibacterial efficacy of a low irradiance 405-nm light system designed for environmental decontamination applications, under controlled laboratory conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In the current study, the irradiance output of a ceiling-mounted 405-nm light source was profiled within a 3×3×2 m (18 m<sup>3</sup>) test area; with values ranging from 0.001-2.016 mWcm<sup>-2</sup>. To evaluate antibacterial efficacy of the light source for environmental surface decontamination, irradiance levels within this range (0.021-1 mWcm<sup>-2</sup>) at various angular (<math><mi>Δ</mi></math> ϴ=0-51.3) and linear (∆s=1.6-2.56 m) displacements from the source were used to generate inactivation kinetics, using the model organism, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>. Additionally, twelve bacterial species were surface-seeded and light-exposed at a fixed displacement below the source (1.5 m; 0.5 mWcm<sup>-2</sup>) to demonstrate broad-spectrum efficacy at heights typical of high touch surfaces within occupied settings.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Results demonstrate that significant (P≤0.05) inactivation was successfully achieved at all irradiance values investigated, with spatial positioning from the source affecting inactivation, with greater times required for inactivation as irradiance decreased. Complete/near-complete (≥93.28%) inactivation of all bacteria was achieved following exposure to 0.5 mWcm<sup>-2</sup> within exposure times realistic of those utilised practically for whole-room decontamination (2-16 h).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study provides fundamental evidence of the efficacy, and energy efficiency, of low irradiance 405-nm light for bacterial inactivation within a controlled laboratory setting, further justifying its benefits for practical infection control applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10264887/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9720877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systematic review of the performance evaluation of clinicians with or without the aid of machine learning clinical decision support system.","authors":"Mikko Nuutinen, Riikka-Leena Leskelä","doi":"10.1007/s12553-023-00763-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12553-023-00763-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>For the adoption of machine learning clinical decision support systems (ML-CDSS) it is critical to understand the performance aid of the ML-CDSS. However, it is not trivial, how the performance aid should be evaluated. To design reliable performance evaluation study, both the knowledge from the practical framework of experimental study design and the understanding of domain specific design factors are required.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this review study was to form a practical framework and identify key design factors for experimental design in evaluating the performance of clinicians with or without the aid of ML-CDSS.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study was based on published ML-CDSS performance evaluation studies. We systematically searched articles published between January 2016 and December 2022. From the articles we collected a set of design factors. Only the articles comparing the performance of clinicians with or without the aid of ML-CDSS using experimental study methods were considered.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The identified key design factors for the practical framework of ML-CDSS experimental study design were performance measures, user interface, ground truth data and the selection of samples and participants. In addition, we identified the importance of randomization, crossover design and training and practice rounds. Previous studies had shortcomings in the rationale and documentation of choices regarding the number of participants and the duration of the experiment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The design factors of ML-CDSS experimental study are interdependent and all factors must be considered in individual choices.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12553-023-00763-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":12941,"journal":{"name":"Health and Technology","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10262137/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9720874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}