Transcript Biomedical Technology

Biomedical Technology
Technology in Medicine
Cyberhunt
Dawn Hall 2008
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Lesson Objective: The student will be able to identify and explain the many
applications of technology and computers in health care.
Essential Questions::
What are clinical and administrative Medical Informatics and their role in
healthcare?
How are biomechatronics, robotics, prosthetics and orthotics utilized in
patient rehabilitation?
How is robotics changing the pharmaceutical industry?
What is virtual medicine?
How are telemedicine, teleconferencing ,and remote monitoring affecting the
availability of patient care in rural areas ?
What is Gamma Knife Surgery, Stereotatic Biopsy? How are these techniques
affecting patients?
What Imaging Techniques are used for diagnostics and treatment?
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Click for answer sheet
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Click the links on each slide
to access articles and videos
about the use of technology in
medicine. Answer each of the
questions on your answer
sheet.
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Computers and Medical Informatics
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Read the following definitions of Medical Informatics.
Biomedical informatics / Medical informatics: "Biomedical
Informatics is an emerging discipline that has been defined as the
study, invention, and implementation of structures and algorithms to
improve communication, understanding and management of medical
information.
Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the
management and analysis of biological data. The result is that
computers are being used to gather, store, analyse and merge
biological data.(EBI - 2can resource)
1.List ways that medical informatics uses computers in the clinical
areas of medicine .
http://www.geocities.com/bioinformaticsweb/index.html
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/bioinformatics.html
http://www.myphr.com/resources/tour.asp
2. Informatics in the administrative area involves patient
information records. List some important points
regarding patient information and documentation.
3. What does a degree in Health Informatics and Health
Information Management prepare one for?
http://depts.washington.edu/hihim/
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4. Medical Informatics has led to technological
advances such as the Motion C5. How is this
computer benefiting health care providers and
improving the quality of patient care?
http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_c5.asp
5. What is virtual medicine?
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virtual-medicine.htm
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Biomechatronics
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6. Biomechatronics is defined as the merging of ______ with
________.
7. What areas of science are used in the field of
biomechatronics and what are the devices that are developed
used for?__________________________________________
8. Biomechatronic devices differ from conventional orthotic
and prosthetic devices because they interface with human
nerves and muscles. In contrast how do orthotic and
prosthetic devices differ from each
other?___________________________
http://health.howstuffworks.com/biomechatronics.htm
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9. How are robotics being used to benefit the patient in the
following video clip?
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?section=video&action=play&video=17
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10. What type of robotic system is being used at St.
Joseph’s hospital for surgery?
11. What types of surgery are being performed using
robotics?
12. After watching the brief videos, what skill being
developed by many adolescents for entertainment
will be valuable if these same individuals decide to
pursue a career in robotic surgery?
http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/hvi_robotic_02.asp
http://www.nibib.nih.gov/publicPage.cfm?section=video&action=play&video=16
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13.What is the Humeris Robot, S.A.M.I. ? What does S.A.M.I.
mean?
14.What are the dimensions of this robot?
15. How many medications can it hold?
16.How does this technology benefit patients?
http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=3290
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Telemedicine
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17. Why do many doctors leave rural areas to practice elsewhere?
18.What technology is now being used to support these rural
physicians and what patients are being helped ?
19.What type of services are provided?
20.Read the article below the video- How does teleconferencing
work ? What type of equipment is required?
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/uc-davis/1705-reaching-rural-hospitals-withtelemedicine-video.htm
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21.How is the St. Joseph’s Maxcare eICU systems
alleviating the shortage of critical doctors and nurses in
remote areas of the country?
22. What are some of the services provided by
telemedicine?
http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/eICU_tour.asp
In the next video you will see an actual patient receiving
the benefits of teleconferencing and telemedicine.
Click Here : http://videos.howstuffworks.com/ucdavis/1715-high-speed-video-conferencing-forhospitals-video.htm
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Medical Imaging
CAT Scans
 MRI
 X-Rays
 Nuclear Medicine
 Bloodless Surgery
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http://www.apple.com/science/solutions/medicalimaging.html
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23. What is gamma knife surgery ?
24.What area of the body is gamma knife surgery
demonstrated in the video?
25.What are the three main benefits to the patient
having this type procedure compared to traditional
surgery?
26. What is the average time spent in the hospital after
gamma knife surgery?
http://stjoevideo.photobooks.com/video/SJ_Gamma_Knife.asp
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27.How does ultrasound produce 2-D, 3-D, and 4-D
images?
28. Give examples of what ultrasound allows doctors
and patients to see.
http://www.alegent.com/body.cfm?id=3289
29. Why are parents cautioned about ultrasound?
http://www.kidshealth.org/research/ultrasound.html
30. View the image gallery and list other uses for ultrasound.
http://health.howstuffworks.com/ultrasound.htm
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http://health.howstuffworks.com/mri8.htm
31.What does MRI mean? What process is used to
create images from inside the body?
32. How does using contrast material during an MRI
help diagnose disease processes better?
33.What are some circumstances requiring MRI scans?
34. After visiting the next link describe how MRI can
detect lies. In the image gallery , view images
created by MRI and list several .
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/mri-lie-detector.htm
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35.What is a CAT scan? How is an image created using
this technique?
36. What are the benefits of this imaging technique?
37. Are contrast materials needed?
38.Which health care professional performs the scan?
Who interprets the results?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/cat-scan.htm
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39.What are x-rays?
40.. How are the images created?
41. Can they be harmful?
42.What are the limitations of x-ray imaging?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/x-ray3.htm
Can you believe this?
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/reuters/2998-woman-haspencil-in-skull-for-55-years-video.htm
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Fill in the blanks43. Nuclear Medicine Imaging techniques give doctors another way to look inside
the human body. The techniques combine the use of________,_________ and
__________substances.
44. These techniques include:
• ________________________________________________
• Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)
• ________________________________________________
• ________________________________________________
45. How is nuclear medicine imaging useful?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-medicine.htm
46. Read here about PET , record notes on your answer sheet indicating the
specific views PET provides within the body.
PET provides images of blood flow or other biochemical functions, depending
upon the type of molecule that is radioactively tagged. For example, PET can
show images of glucose metabolism in the brain, or rapid changes in activity in
various areas of the body. However, there are few PET centers in the country
because they must be located near a particle accelerator device that produces the
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short-lived radioisotopes used in the technique.
47. What is a stereotatic biopsy? How is it
performed?
http://www.britannica.com/eb/art-56765/Stereotaticbiopsy-of-a-suspected-breast-tumour
48.What is bloodless surgery?
49. How do lasers destroy tumors?
50. What are the advantages of lasers vs. scalpels?
http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=008530B2639C11DC95B0000423CEF5F6
http://laserbreastcancersurgery.com/
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The End
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