Development in Healthcare

When:

1 February 2017

18:00 Hour - 22:00 Hour

Location:Aristo Utrecht
Brennerbaan 150 t.o. station Utrecht Lunetten
3524 BN Utrecht

Event organizer:Telecommunications

Pricing KIVI leden:Free

Pricing Niet KIVI leden:€15,00

Pricing Studenten (alleen gratis na registratie):Free

Pricing KIVI leden met broodmaaltijd:€10,00

Pricing Niet KIVI leden met broodmaaltijd:€25,00

After the warm welcome by Rietta, the programme was started by the chairman of the URSI by explaining the purpose of this meeting and introducing the speakers from Erasmusmc, LUMC and TUe/Imec.

The aim was, on the one hand, to gain insight into radiotechnological innovation with applications in healthcare, which can maintain quality of life in ageing and, on the other hand, to keep healthcare costs manageable or reduce them in order to keep healthcare affordable.

All speakers indicated, that with their studies and their findings based on the research results, this will certainly be possible in the future. Much progress has already been made with several pioneering innovations, which are being applied on a small scale or included in acceptance pathways.

Maarten Paulidus(Erasmusmc/cancer institute) indicated that better monitoring of body parts is possible and with non-harmful radio radiation (500 MHz - 1GHz) of targeted electromagnetic fields in the MRI, malignant cancer cells can be effectively heated (hyperthermia), without affecting the healthy surrounding tissue/cells, and in the process the chance of cell recovery is possible.

The equipment for this was further developed and manufactured by the company Sensius ("brings sense in thermal therapy") after a trial run.

How these EM fields are constructed Rob Remis(TU-Delft) showed us with the elaboration of "Dielectric Shimming" and "Electrical Properties Tomography" with the theory and calculation method.

Guido Dolmans(Holst/TUe) with the presentation of the innovations at IMEC showed the look-through to the possibilities and applications of wireless communciation in healthcare, with remote data analysis and apps being used as effective tools in our daily lives.

In addition to the health apps, which we already use ourselves, remote monitoring of patients will make medical guidance more effective, generating earlier and better data to make diagnoses and allowing remote specialists to better monitor the recovery process in patients and make timely adjustments and inform patients. A recent development Researchers at Eindhoven-based Holst Centre have achieved with a prototype smart shirt equipped with Imec-developed ECG monitoring. Furthermore, it measures respiratory rate and depth of breathing. is and watch the video below "For personal health assistance". Imec reports robust growth 02 May 2017

Or read Eindhoven-based Holst Centre's article "Smart shirt measures vital body functions" dated 4 April 2017

This will certainly contribute in playing sports safely, being able to live at home longer and contributing to quality of life as we age.

Due to Jan Eijkel's illness, we still hold the TU Twente lecture in reserve for a future meeting on "Development in Healthcare 2.0.

The links to the presentations made available, are below:

Description

The International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and the KIVI Telecommunications Department invite you to the theme evening "Developments in Healthcare".

The ageing of society puts pressure on healthcare costs. At the same time, a growing group of elderly people is looking for ways of care that preserve quality of life. Health services gather measurements through wireless communication, allowing data to be exchanged with doctors and hospitals at regular intervals and available to patients right away. This development makes it possible to better monitor overall health with accurate results but also with an eye for human care.
The evolution of applications will continue in the coming years, driven by new technological developments.

On this evening, Gerard van Rhoon and Maarten Paulides (Erasmus, Rotterdam) will discuss the developments surrounding hyperthermia (heat) treatment for tumours in the head and neck. Rob Remis will explain the use and developments of Radio and MRI around this treatment. The third lecture will be given by Jan Eijkel. He will discuss the development of Lab-on-a-Chip, the miniaturisation of collecting, analysing and measuring data from and about the human body.
The evening will be concluded with the developments surrounding the various functional components (sensor/power design, wireless communication) for use in body area networks.

Speaker(s)

Prof. Maarten Paulides (Erasmus, Rotterdam) studied electrical engineering at Eindhoven University, and obtained his PhD in medical electromagnetics at Erasmus University in 2007 (cum laude, the highest honour in NL) on the development and clinical implementation of an RF hyperthermia applicator to treat cancers of the head and neck. Hyperthermia, heating tissue to 40-44 C has a demonstrated potential as effective, economic, non-toxic and non-invasive sensitiser of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Dr Rob Remis (TUDelft) is research focuses on acoustic and electromagnetic wave field modelling, imaging, and inversion with applications in geophysics, optics, and biomedical imaging.

Jan Eijkel (University of Twente)
The focus of his research is on the investigation of physicochemical phenomena in micro- and nanofluidic systems, and their practical applications e.g. in Point of Care systems. These investigations include capillary phenomena such as filling and drying, osmosis, o/w two-phase flow, transport and separation of ions and DNA and fluidic energy generation.

Prof. Dr. ir. Guido Dolmans (Holst / TU Eindhoven) Professor Faculty of Electrical Engineering