Live ECG readings using Google Glass in emergency situations.

Most sudden cardiac problems require rapid treatment to preserve life. In this regard, electrocardiograms (ECG) shown on vital parameter monitoring systems help medical staff to detect problems. In some situations, such monitoring systems may display information in a less than convenient way for medical staff.

Enhanced visualization of pulmonary perfusion in 4D dual energy CT images.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) affects up to 600,000 patients and contributes to at least 100,000 deaths every year in the United States alone. Diagnosis of PE can be difficult as most symptoms are unspecific. Computed Tomography (CT) angiography is the reference for diagnosing PE.

Facilitating medical information search using Google Glass connected to a content-based medical image retrieval system.

Wearable computing devices are starting to change the way users interact with computers and the Internet. Among them, Google Glass includes a small screen located in front of the right eye, a camera filming in front of the user and a small computing unit. Google Glass has the advantage to provide online services while allowing the user to perform tasks with his/her hands.

Difference of perceiving object softness during palpation through single-node and multi-node contacts.

Virtual Reality (VR) simulators can offer alternatives for training procedures in the medical field. Most current VR simulators consider single-node contact for interacting with an object to convey displacement and force on a discrete mesh. However, a single-node contact does not closely simulate palpation, which requires a surface made of a multi-node contact to touch a soft object.

A viscoelastic model of a breast phantom for real-time palpation.

Palpation of soft tissues helps to diagnose varying diseases within the tissues. Using a phantom, the current method of training palpation lacks for feedback of the training. Similar to a robot-assisted surgical system, a virtual reality (VR) system could be potential for such training due to its interactive nature.