When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short
Over the past two years, the pulse oximeter has become a crucial tool for tracking the health of COVID-19 patients. The small device clips onto a finger and measures the...
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Non-white ICU patients get less oxygen treatment than needed
A flaw in a widely used medical device that measures oxygen levels causes critically ill Asians, Blacks and Hispanics to receive less supplemental oxygen to help them breathe than white...
Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings tied to less supplemental oxygen for...
Patients with darker skin who received less accurate readings of their oxygen levels using pulse oximeters — the ubiquitous devices clamped on hospitalized patients’ fingers — also received less supplemental...
Hybrid microscope streamlines imaging for research and medicine
A research team developed a microscope that combines rapid high- and low-power light-sheet microscopy with an open top design that allows for rapid imaging of a wide range of sample...
NIH announces prize winners of maternal health diagnostics challenge
NIH today announced the winners of its NIH Technology Accelerator Challenge (NTAC) for Maternal Health, a prize competition for developers of diagnostic technologies to help improve maternal health around the...
Two Monumental Milestones Achieved in CT Imaging
One team helped develop the first photon-counting detector (PCD)-CT system, which is superior to current CT technology. Another team has also been using artificial intelligence to lower the dose of...
A novel method for monitoring the 'engine' of pregnancy
By combining optical measurements with ultrasound, researchers were able to study oxygen levels in the placenta, paving the way for a better understanding of this complex, crucial organ. Source: Science...
Researchers design new inks for 3D-printable wearable bioelectronics
A team of researchers has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, much like skin, which are essential for the ink...
Nanoelectronic sensor simultaneously measures electrical and mechanical activity in heart...
Using a suspended nanowire, a research team has created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue, work promising for cardiac disease studies,...
NIH-funded pediatric COVID-19 testing study finds school-aged children can self-swab
A new study that could have immediate implications for COVID-19 testing in schools found that with age-appropriate instructions, school-aged children can successfully use a nasal swab to obtain their own...
