Health Skills Task III

Use of technology in the medical field By using technology, the medical field can make discoveries regarding treatments, data collection, symptom and disease research, cure research, human aiding devices (like hearing devices and speaking devices). Technology has made the medical area very accessible to people.

Preface Artificial intelligence Virtual reality Digital tattoos Nutrigenomics 3d printing

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is gradually changing medical practice. With recent progress in digitized data acquisition, machine learning and computing infrastructure, AI applications are expanding into areas that were previously thought to be only the province of human experts. Example: Deep Learning to Diagnose Diseases AI deep-learning algorithms are being used to shave down the time it takes to diagnose serious illnesses. The way AI rapidly processes large amounts of information and arrives at likely causes for symptoms can drastically reduce the diagnosis- treatment-recovery cycle for many patients. The effects of this are already being felt in several areas.

Virtual reality Example of uses of (VR) in healthcare is Medical Training Virtual Reality has the ability to transport you inside the human body – to access & view areas that otherwise would be impossible to reach. Currently, medical students learn on cadavers, which are difficult to get hold of and (obviously) do not react in the same way a live patient would. In VR however, you can view minute detail of any part of the body in stunning 360° CGI reconstruction & create training scenarios which replicate common surgical procedures. Visualising the brain in VR

Digital tattoos A Digital Tattoo is a flexible patch on your skin measuring vital signs. With the development in 3D printing as well as circuit printing technologies, flexible electronics, and materials, applying the so-called digital tattoos or electronic tattoos on the skin for some days or even weeks became possible. Check the link below for further details: https://youtu.be/HPhH1Z62QTY

Nutrigenomics Nutrigenomics is broadly defined as the relationship between nutrients, diet, and gene expression how do we take advant age of it in healthcare? Nutrigenomics increases our knowledge about the mechanisms by which nutrition affects the metabolic pathways underlying homeostatic control. Subsequently, this can be used to determine naturally occurring chemical agents in food that could prevent the onset of diseases such as obesity, type-2 diabetes and cancer. Nutrigenomics and Personalized Nutrition: https://youtu.be/3uXiu1AEi4M

3D printing In healthcare, 3D bioprinting is used to create living human cells or tissue for use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Example: Organ printing Currently the only organ that was 3D bioprinted and successfully transplanted into a human is a bladder. The bladder was formed from the hosts bladder tissue. Researchers have proposed that a potential positive impact of 3D printed organs is the ability to customize organs for the recipient.

Group III Rashid Sahrab Mohammed Ayman Ahmed Ali Ali Eissa