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New AI app for facial palsy screening
Computer scientists from Australia and Iraq have developed an AI-based diagnostic tool to detect facial palsy.
They have come up with a detection system for facial palsy featuring a microcomputer, digital camera, and deep learning algorithm.
Based on an entry in the journal BioMedInformatics, researchers from the Middle Technical University in Baghdad and the...
Melbourne-based health tech startup Heidi Health has raised A$10 million ($6.5 million) in a Series A funding round led by Blackbird Ventures.
Hostplus, Hesta, Wormhole Capital, Archangel Ventures, Possible Ventures and Saniel Ventures also participated in this investing round.
This brings its total investments to date to A$15 million ($9.7 million); Blackbird Ventures also led its seed funding...
Sydney-based startup Andromeda Robotics has integrated generative artificial intelligence into robotics to complement the support provided in aged care.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded by a group of engineers in 2022, Andromeda Robotics aims to transform human-robot interactions by developing empathetic companion robots, targeting the elderly and children in hospitals.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The prototype...
Tend Health launches mobile primary care service
Primary healthcare provider Tend Health in New Zealand has gone live nationwide with its online service.
Available via the Tend mobile app, the online walk-in primary care service aims to "ensure access to timely and essential medical care," a media release read.
"Our online walk-in primary care service is a direct response to the pressing need...
A research project led by researchers from the University of Melbourne will be receiving A$2 million ($1.3 million) in funding and support from Google.org.
The MATCH (Music Attuned Technology - Care via eHealth) project is one of the 15 projects selected for the $25 million AI for the Global Goals grant, which seeks to help organisations accelerate progress towards meeting the United Nation's...
Flinders University researchers have developed a virtual reality-based programme to encourage people with intellectual disabilities to do regular physical exercises.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a media release, they have recruited 16 volunteer participants from the Bedford Group – a major employer of people with intellectual disabilities in Australia, to join the eight-week exercise programme...
Researchers from the University of Canterbury have developed a tool that makes respiratory data more accessible for clinicians and patients.
A team of PhD students of UC Engineering developed the software called Breath-to-Breath Observed Biometrics (BOB) that provides real-time breath-to-breath data. It can also interpret this data and generate a report for GPs, supporting data-driven care. ...
New Parkinson's app uses metronome beats to train gait
A new mobile app for people with Parkinson's Disease helps them walk better using metronome beats.
The gait re-training tool, developed as part of a larger clinical trial for PD research, delivers rhythmic metronomic beats that trigger movement.
Now developed separately as an app called Walking Tall, it now features training sessions on...
Researchers from the faculties of Engineering and IT at Monash University have come up with an AI algorithm that can judge another AI algorithm's annotation or label in a medical scan, mimicking the process of seeking a second opinion.
FINDINGS
They created a dual-view AI system where one part labels medical images while the other judges the quality of the AI-generated labelled scans by...
Mixed-reality glasses used for remote leg and foot ulcer diagnosis
Mixed-reality smart glasses have been developed for remote assessment of leg and foot wounds of people with diabetes and vascular diseases living in regional and remote areas.
Researchers from the University of Adelaide invented software for a mixed-reality headset that enables doctors in the city to "see through the eyes" of...
