IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269762
P. King
{"title":"Extended Reality for Health Care Systems: Recent Advances in Contemporary Research","authors":"P. King","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269762","url":null,"abstract":"Having worked with patient simulator systems, and at this point having used an oculus system to explore various virtual reality (VR) recordings for several months, this reviewer thought the above title might be worth reading and reviewing for the readers of IEEE Pulse. Per the publisher’s website advertising, the readership of this text might be “Extended reality technologists and engineers, students in biomedical engineering and extended reality, Instrumentation and measurement technologist and engineers, Computer Scientist; Health care professionals with an interest in using extended reality in surgery.” From the preface, we are promised an “elaborate introduction to extended reality,” a discussion of “future research, potential impacts, and benefits and benefits of XR adoption in health care” (XR is here defined as extended reality), as well as cases and case studies relating to the technology. The text comprises 15 chapters contributed by 34 individuals, two of whom are among the four named editors. A brief review of the chapters1 follows.","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 1","pages":"39-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44120136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269760
Bryan Aleman
{"title":"Empowering Student Leaders: The New Initiative to Establish Regional Student Activities Committees and Student Regional Representatives in the IEEE EMBS","authors":"Bryan Aleman","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269760","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47698011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269761
A. Johnson
{"title":"When is N +1 Too Much?","authors":"A. Johnson","doi":"10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2023.3269761","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47957275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269754
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Enhancing Therapeutic Delivery Using Micro- and Nanorobots.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269754","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\"The traditional way of delivering drugs has a very low efficiency. For instance, with solid tumors, drug delivery efficiency is reported to be lower than 1% [1], which means that 99% of the drug is elsewhere in the body causing side effects instead of actually fighting the cancer. This is where micro- and nanorobots can come into play, because they can swim or otherwise move to the target location in a controllable way. This is the hope.\"-Tian Qiu, Ph.D., biomedical robotics developer.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"18-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"NIH/NIBIB Introduces New Center for Biomedical Engineering Technology Acceleration.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743","DOIUrl":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269743","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In Late January 2023, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) launched a new center designed to accelerate biomedical discovery and therapeutics, in part by pulling together expert, multidisciplinary teams from throughout the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to quickly respond when national or global health crises strike. The inaugural director of this Center for BME Technology Acceleration, or BETA Center, is biomedical engineer Manu Platt, Ph.D., (Figure 1) who is also taking on the role of NIBIB associate director for scientific diversity, equity, and inclusion. Platt previously held appointments as professor, Wallace H. Coulter distinguished faculty fellow, and diversity director of the Center on Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems and Cellular Manufacturing and Technologies at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"8-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41217499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745
Jim Banks
{"title":"An Injection of Innovation: How Drug Delivery Systems are Changing.","authors":"Jim Banks","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The market for injectable drugs is booming, fueling both a wave of innovation in device design and a debate about the relative pros and cons of injectables versus oral medication. As regulators continue to approve injectable medications that could replace daily pill regimens, particularly long-acting drugs that could improve patient compliance, it is legitimate to ask whether injectables will one day become the norm.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"15-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744
Janet Rae-Dupree
{"title":"Biocompatible Materials Offer Sustainability and Enhanced Design.","authors":"Janet Rae-Dupree","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269744","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plastic has done more to revolutionize the medical industry over the past century than any other material. Syringes, intravenous bags, personal protective equipment (PPE), catheters, and test kits-plastic is ubiquitous throughout medicine. It's easy to see why. Plastic is low-cost, easy to process, and can be sterilized efficiently.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"11-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782
Andres Diaz Lantada
{"title":"Ethical Issues of 4D Printed Medical Devices.","authors":"Andres Diaz Lantada","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the dawn of additive manufacturing technologies in the 1980s and 90s, now commonly named 3D printing, the possibility of processing raw materials into freeform designed objects with unprecedented shape complexity opened new avenues for the development of medical devices. Indeed, the geometries of nature and the human body are extremely multifaceted, with even fractal- like or multiscale levels of detail, counting with functional gradients of properties, including topology and topography optimizations, to cite some interesting features. In consequence, classical subtracting manufacturing technologies, shape forming tools, and mass production chains are suboptimal for personalizing medical devices and adequately emulating life.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"23-28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
IEEE PulsePub Date : 2023-03-01DOI: 10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759
Leslie Mertz
{"title":"Ultrasound and Microbubbles Combine for Drug Delivery, Detecting Biomarkers.","authors":"Leslie Mertz","doi":"10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MPULS.2023.3269759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Microbubbles and ultrasound are no longer teaming up only as a way to enhance images. New technologies are now using the two to create physical pathways into cells for easier drug delivery, even into the cells of highly drug-resistant cancerous tumors and across the blood-brain barrier. Going further, a Texas research group has developed drug-carrying microbubbles that can complete targeted delivery themselves, and another group in Missouri has shown that two-way traffic in channels across the blood-brain barrier also allow biomarkers to flow out, which provides a new window into the brain as well as brain diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":49065,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Pulse","volume":"14 2","pages":"2-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9901381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}