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Tech & industry2 AugSecuring new levels of insight into the human brain through AI-led 3D image creation is one of the first projects to be pioneered by the UK’s recently-launched most powerful supercomputer.
The Synthetic Brain Project focuses on building deep learning models that can synthesise artificial 3D MRI images of human brains. These models can help scientists understand what a human brain looks like across a variety of ages, genders, and diseases. The aim of developing the AI models, using the Cambridge-1 supercomputer, is to help diagnose neurological diseases based on brain MRI scans, but it may also be used to predict diseases that a brain may develop over time and enable preventative treatment. The use of synthetic data has the additional benefit that it can ensure patient privacy since the images were generated, enabling the research to be opened up to the wider UK healthcare community.
Brain injury30 JulA new VR platform for brain injury rehabilitation has been created by a team of medical professionals, whose commitment to the use of technology in rehab is helping to advance thinking in the area nationally.
Brain Recovery Zone provides the resources for brain injury survivors to support their own recovery from an early stage, and increase their capability to manage fatigue, improve speech and mood and stabilise their emotions from their own home. The platform offers a safe virtual space for people to practice the habits that aid recovery in an immersive environment, of which there are 11 to choose from, ranging from the Northern Lights to the Hundred Acre Wood of Winnie the Pooh fame. Mindfulness and meditation experiences are also offered.
Tech & industry29 JulRehabilitation robotics unicorn Fourier Intelligence is set to take its ongoing global expansion to the next level after securing funding from Saudi Aramco, becoming the first rehab tech company in the world to gain financial backing from a major player in the international investment market.
Fourier is now targeting global market expansion - with the United States and EU being key targets for the near future - ongoing development of its world-leading technology, and adding further to its international team through the C+ financing round, which the company’s co-founder Zen Koh described as being of “humongous” significance. The business, a pioneer in the global rehab tech market, is already on an unrelenting path of growth, expanding into 54 countries to date from its native Singapore, including the UK, with more than 1,000 uses of its technology in 30 of them.
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Dementia21 JulTechnology in the care system has come a long way, with the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the need for more remote assistive technology.
Although there is no cure for degenerative diseases like dementia, utilising technology can ease the burden on both carers and patients, particularly those living on their own.
Tech & industry15 JulA revolutionary AI-led approach to detecting pre-dementia symptoms is to form part of a new NHS clinic dedicated to driving improvements in early-stage dementia diagnosis.
Cognetivity’s technology is to be deployed within a new remote Brain Health Clinic at South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust. Among the first of its kind in the world, the clinic will provide in-depth subtyping of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), followed by periodic, remote assessment of those who are expected to progress to Alzheimer's dementia. The Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA) devised by Cognetivity will play a key role in the clinic’s aim of enhancing early diagnosis of patients with Alzheimer’s disease and provide timely access to treatment. Cognetivity’s iPad-based test also supports the clinic's focus on remote medical assessment, the importance of which has been reinforced by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Tech & industry9 JulGlobal rehabilitation technology business Fourier Intelligence is collaborating with the internationally-recognised University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) in advancing research in the fast-developing field.
The collaboration, the latest pioneering research partnership to be formed by Fourier and academia, will further develop current solutions to be more effective and versatile within the rehabilitation technology industry. The MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) signing event with Fourier aligns UMMC’s mission towards driving excellence in clinical research, empowering human capital, and uplifting healthcare-related institutions. Both parties said that though this new joint effort, more innovative solutions will be developed in rehab tech.
Tech & industry2 JulThe official opening of the Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation Centre marks a historic moment in the integration of traditional and modern concepts and methods of rehabilitation therapy.
The Centre features a wide clinical application base of intelligent rehabilitation robots in collaboration with Fourier Intelligence. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) rehabilitation therapy has been in practice for thousands of years and has endured the test of time. This discipline enters a new paradigm in the digital age combining advanced robotics through modern rehabilitation equipment. Established in 1988, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (Jiangsu Province Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine) is a public provincial-level hospital providing medical treatment, medical education, scientific research, preventative health care, and rehabilitation.
Tech & industry28 JunWith the creation of LusioMATE, rehabilitation is being revolutionised through the use of gaming. NR Times meets Justin Keenan, CEO of Lusio Rehab, to learn more about the world-first device
From a series of chance encounters came the creation of a business which is helping to revolutionise therapy and rehabilitation on a global scale through the use of gaming. With the creation of LusioMATE, the world’s first wearable therapy controller and game ecosystem, Lusio Rehab is helping to redraw the boundaries and rehab potential for people living with neurological conditions and other disabilities around the world. Since its launch in 2019, the device has expanded far beyond its origins in Australia to be in use in the UK, across Europe, the United States and South America.- Tech & industry25 Jun
Leading UK innovation experts have outlined a new roadmap for how the country can help develop groundbreaking treatments for brain disorders through technology.
KTN is calling for a number of million of pounds to be invested into the neuro technology sector to make the UK a world leader in this industry. Those at the company have spent the last two years developing the roadmap which aims to see innovative ideas and devices brought to the market to help alleviate symptoms of conditions like Parkinson’s, stroke, depression and brain injury. Through the use of both pharmaceutical giants and start ups, the plan is aiming to accelerate new technologies to the market and scale them up to make them readily available.
