Computer Technology

&
Human Health
Ahmed Hussin
John Aziz
Omar Gamal El din
Omar Abdel Kerim

Computer Technology & Human Health

Definition:
Healthcare Technology is electronic
medical procedures, and appropriately
disseminated information for patient
treatments.

Hospital Information Systems (HIS)

Are Used to manage medical and
administrative information
Have been around since they were
first introduced in the 1960s
The computers were not as fast in
those days
ModernHISincludes many
applications addressing the needs of
various departments in a hospital

Advantages of HIS
enhances
information integrity
reduces
transcription errors
reduces duplication
of information
entries
optimizes report
turnaround times

Intensive Care Unit

these systems help doctors
treat the patient 24 hrs
Some surgery patients
requires to be continually
monitored in ICU
these patients are connected with sensors
connected to the system that record vital
signs
. Since the information from these systems
can be recorded on a magnetic disk

Diagnosis system
Diagnosis system is
another field where the
computer application is
widely used
Uses in diagnose
cancer
Computer-aided
diagnosis

Diagnosis system
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Preprocessing
Segmentation
Analyze
classificationAfte
r the structure is
analyzed

UCF Simulation
Blood loss is one of the leading
causes of death on the battlefield
war-zone medics often find it difficult
to receive the training to prevent
those deaths
Today they can save a life-sized
arm developed by the University of
Central Floridas Institute for
Simulation and Training that
simulates bleeding.

Remote surgery

Remote Surgery

Experiments have been performed

on the feasibility of remote surgery
for more than a decade.
First trans-Atlantic procedure in
2001 - Lindbergh operation
involving a robot.
The experiment showed that the
robot can be well controlled under
0.5 sec latency.
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Remote Surgery

NASA has conducted Thirteen

Extreme Environment Mission
Operations (NEEMO projects) since
2001 in its underwater sea habitat,
Aquarius in Florida.
There were 3 focusing on remote
surgery recently. The 7th NEEMO
project took place in October 2004,
and the mission objectives included
a series of simulated medical
procedures with Zeus, using what is
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Remote Surgery

During the 9th mission in April

2006, the crew had to assemble
and install an M7 mobile surgical
robot, and perform real-time
abdominal surgery on a phantom.
Throughout the procedure, the
time delay went up to 3 s using a
microwave satellite connection to
mimic the MoonEarth
communication link.
The 12th project ran in May 2007,
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Remote Surgery

They measured the capabilities of

surgeons controlling the robots from
Seattle in simulated zero gravity
environment.
These projects showed the
effectiveness of telementoring, the
possibility to operate even with 1 s
of latency and proved the
capabilities of the new robotic
systems.
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Remote Surgery

Remote surgery brings many new

challenges compared to
conventional robotic surgery.
First, remote operate over long
distances, the remote surgery
system should be :
Stable for the large latencies
experienced over global-scale
operation.
System must also be stable in
the presence of the jitter and
packet loss characteristics of
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Remote Surgery

Remote surgery brings many new

challenges compared to
conventional robotic surgery:
Second, during communication
blackout, a backup system should
be in place to complete any
ongoing surgical procedures.
Finally, it is beneficial to provide
haptic feedback to the surgeons,
since it helps minimize damage
to the tissues and organs during
long-distance procedures.
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Remote Surgery

Telementoring
Telementoring is an advanced form of
telemedicine, where an experienced surgeon can
guide and teach practicing surgeons new
operative techniques utilizing current enabling
video, robotics, and telecommunications
technology.
Surgical telementoring is very significant because
it offers a technological solution to places around
the world where few if any surgeons exist.
Some of the advantages offered by this concept
are :
Enhancing surgeons' education.
Increasing patients' access to experienced
surgeons.
Decreasing the complications due to
inexperience with new procedures. 16

Remote Surgery
The SOCRATESTM links both
sites with a PolyCom FX:
PolyCom FX has four ISDN
lines with 512 kilo-bits per
second (Kbps). The
PolyCom FX was chosen
because it independently
bridges up to four sites,
and has the capability to
utilize H.320 (i.e., ISDN or
T-1 lines) or H.323 (i.e.,
internet) protocols.
This helps each site
provide video
teleconferencing over the
internet, which would be
of great value if any of
these sites decide to
implement an intranetbased video
teleconferencing system

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Advantages of remote
Surgery

Shorter hospital stay

Less pain
Less risk of infection
Less blood loss and transfusions
Less scarring
Quicker return to normal
activities

Open Abdominal
Surgery

Da Vinci
Surgical System

days 3

days 1.2

Length of stay
Organ
Function

54%

92.9%

month 3

80%

94.9%

month 6

93%

97.4%

month 9

Disadvantages of Remote
Surgery
Expensive
Steep surgical learning
curve
Increased staff training
Need to new hospitals and
rooms

Future Technologies
For Human Health Care

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology
What is Nano ?
Nano is 10^-9
What is Nanotechnology?
It is the science that deals with
things with things in the nano-scale

Nanotechnology
Part of the Nanotechnology is the
Nanobots or Nanorobots
What are Nanorobots?
They are robots in the scale of
nanomter range that will be used in
the future instead of medicine

Nanotechnology
Why Nanobots?
We can control them.
Cause Nanobots are in same the
scale of the body invaders (Bacteria ,
Virus.).
They are supposed to be injected to
the body
Disadvantages of normal medicine

Nano-Technology
Nanobots
What Nanobots are expected to do ?
They can treat cancer.
Blocked arteries
AIDS patients
Can deliver medicine
Can help to detect diseases at early
stages

Human Health and Software

applications

Medical records in
one place

Track your
prescription

Get ride of the notebook

Tools to care for family

Manage a chronic condition

blood preasure , lose weight

Health and device

manufacturers

New and existing health and fitness devices can be designed

to work with HealthVault and Google Health, so users can
upload device data and share it with their doctors and loved
ones
Fitbitoffers a small device that tracks calories burned,
steps taken, sleep schedule and other fitness information.
CardioTraineris one of the top mobile apps for tracking
health and fitness. Its also free!
Withingsis an Internet connected body scale which can
upload weight information to Google Health for seamless
tracking.

How does technology affect human

health?
1-Pollution:
1) Ozone pollution can causerespiratory
disease, cardiovascular disease.
2) Water pollution causes approximately
14,000 deaths per day.
3) 656,000 people die prematurely each
year inChinabecause of air pollution.
4) Noise pollution induceshearing
loss,high blood preasure,stress.
5) Chemical andradioactivesubstances
cancause cancerandas well as birth
defects.

How does technology affect human

health?
2-Radiation: cell phones-Wireless:
Numerous studies show that was done a
bad cell phone radiation on the human
body.
For example:
1) increase the risk of ear tumors and brain
cancer.
2) a bad influence on brain tissue damage.
Unfortunately, none of six of the worlds
largest mobile phone vendor to respond to
the results of these studies. Its okay to
experts warned the danger of
electromagnetic waves, but it almost
always responded with a statement
producer, Safe-safe only.

How does technology affect human

health?
3-Repetitive strain injury (RSI):
It is an injury of the
musculoskeletalandnervous
systems caused by repetitive
tasks :
Sitting at computer for
extended periods of time.
driving, traveling.
Holding one's phone
between neck and shoulder.
Watching TV in incorrect
position e.g. Too much to
the left/right.

How to avoid technology risks?

1-Radiation: cell phonesLaptops-Wireless routers:
1.We should use wired
LAN instead of wireless if
it is available.
2.Turn off wireless adapter
if you do not use it.
2.We must avoid sleep
near mobile.

How to avoid technology

risks?
2-Proper Computer position to avoid
RSI:
1) Back correct position.
2) computer screenis directly in front
3) Legs need regularstretching
exercises.
4) when working feet should be firmly
on the ground at all times
5) Getting in the habit to get up and
do small tasks.
6) Wrists should be straight while
working and the use of support
pads can be helpful.

How to avoid technology

risks?
3-Touch typing:
Definition : typing with all your fingers and without need
for looking at the keyboard for finding the keys.
is too important especially for computer science students
to avoid neck and eye stress . It also save a lot of time.
How can I start learning touch typing now?

How to avoid technology

risks?
4-Avoid radiation from Computer screen:
1) The minimum distance between your eyes and the
computer screen should be at least 60 cm.
2) Try to adjust the brightness in your computer to the
comfort level of your eyes.
3) Take a small break of 5 minutes for every hour
4) Try to use LCD screen which emits less radiation
when compared to desktop screen
5) If you are using desktop monitor try to use a good
radiation filter to your monitor
6) Close your eyes and relax a bit in between your
work.

Question
s?