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- Afifi, S., et al.
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A Novel Medical Device for Early Detection of Melanoma
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : NLM (Medline). - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 261, s. 122-127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer. Early detection of melanoma is vital, as it helps in decreasing the death rate as well as treatment costs. Dermatologists are using image-based diagnostic tools to assist them in decision-making and detecting melanoma at an early stage. We aim to develop a novel handheld medical scanning device dedicated to early detection of melanoma at the primary healthcare with low cost and high performance. However, developing this particular device is very challenging due to the complicated computations required by the embedded diagnosis system. In this paper, we propose a hardware-friendly design for implementing an embedded system by exploiting the recent hardware advances in reconfigurable computing. The developed embedded system achieved optimized implementation results for the hardware resource utilization, power consumption, detection speed and processing time with high classification accuracy rate using real data for melanoma detection. Consequently, the proposed embedded diagnosis system meets the critical embedded systems constraints, which is capable for integration towards a cost- and energy-efficient medical device for early detection of melanoma.
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- Barua, Shaibal, et al.
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Classifying drivers' cognitive load using EEG signals
- 2017
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. - 9781614997603 ; 237, s. 99-106
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A growing traffic safety issue is the effect of cognitive loading activities on traffic safety and driving performance. To monitor drivers' mental state, understanding cognitive load is important since while driving, performing cognitively loading secondary tasks, for example talking on the phone, can affect the performance in the primary task, i.e. driving. Electroencephalography (EEG) is one of the reliable measures of cognitive load that can detect the changes in instantaneous load and effect of cognitively loading secondary task. In this driving simulator study, 1-back task is carried out while the driver performs three different simulated driving scenarios. This paper presents an EEG based approach to classify a drivers' level of cognitive load using Case-Based Reasoning (CBR). The results show that for each individual scenario as well as using data combined from the different scenarios, CBR based system achieved approximately over 70% of classification accuracy.
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- Blusi, Madeleine, Ph.D., et al.
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Feasibility and Acceptability of Smart Augmented Reality Assisting Patients with Medication Pillbox Self-Management
- 2019
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 264, s. 521-525
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Complex prescribed medicine regimens require extensive self-management. Handling multiple pills can be confusing; using a pillbox organiser is a common strategy. A smart Medication Coach Intelligent Agent (MCIA) can support patients in handling medicine. The aim of this research was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the MCIA. A prototype was tested with 15 participants, age 17-76, filled a pillbox according to prescription assisted by the MCIA implemented in a Microsoft HoloLens. A quantitative method using questionnaires was applied. Results showed that using the MCIA implemented in an AR-headset, to assist people with prescribed polypharmacy regimen in filling a pillbox, was feasible and acceptable. There was a difference related to age regarding people's willingness to use an AR-headset for medication self-management. People older than 65 felt less comfortable using the technology and were also more hesitant to use the technology than those under 65.
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- Borgestig, Maria, 1968-, et al.
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The Benefits of Gaze-Based Assistive Technology in Daily Activities for Children with Disabilities
- 2017
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Ingår i: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. - Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. - 0926-9630 .- 1879-8365. ; 242, s. 1082-1088, s. 1082-1088
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reports research findings on how gaze-based assistive technology contributed to performance of daily activities for a group of children with severe physical impairments and without speech.
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- Bärkås, Annika, et al.
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Analysis of Voluntary User Feedback of the Swedish National PAEHR Service
- 2019
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Ingår i: MEDINFO 2019. - : IOS Press. - 9781643680033 - 9781643680026 ; 264, s. 1126-1130
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- "Journalen" is a patient accessible electronic health record (PAEHR) and the national eHealth service for Sweden's citizens to gain access to their EHR. The Swedish national eHealth organization Inera, responsible for Journalen, created an inbox to receive voluntary user feedback about Journalen in order to improve the service from the user perspective. Based on voluntary user feedback via email. This study explored patients' experiences of using the national eHealth service and identified pros and cons. A mixed method content analysis was performed. In total, 1084 emails from 2016-2017 have been analyzed. 9 categories were identified, the most frequent ones related to questions about why some information was not accessible (due to regional differencies), feedback (including only positive or negative comments as well as constructive improvement suggestions), and emails about errors that user found in their record. These data can be successfully used to continuously improve an already implemented eHealth service.
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- Davoody, Nadia, et al.
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Care Professionals' Perceived Usefulness Of A Rehabilitation Ehealth Service In Stroke Care.
- 2015
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - 1879-8365. ; 216, s. 992-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite many attempts to support stroke patients, there is still room for improvement. The aim of this study is to gain insight into care professionals' perceived usefulness of an online care and rehabilitation planning tool. A functional prototype was developed and presented to a neurology team in a primary care centre in Stockholm. Three focus group meetings were conducted. The data were analysed based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. The results indicate that the care professionals were positive towards the tool and described potential usefulness such as ease of understanding the rehabilitation process and support for collaboration among care providers and also cooperation between the patient and the team. They also identified challenges such as time limitation in daily care.
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- Davoody, Nadia, et al.
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Care Professionals' Perceived Usefulness of eHealth for Post-Discharge Stroke Patients.
- 2016
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Ingår i: Studies in health technology and informatics. - : IOS Press. - 1879-8365. ; 228, s. 589-93
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite many attempts to provide appropriate tools for supporting stroke patients in their care and rehabilitation processes, there is still room for improvement. We propose an online care and rehabilitation planning tool as a potential eHealth service for stroke patients. The aim is to study the care professionals' perceived usefulness of the planning tool. We developed and presented a functional prototype to a neurology team in Stockholm. Three focus groups were performed with the care professionals in the team and the data were analysed based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology. Although care professionals mentioned challenges such as time limitation for using the tool and issues related to the responsibility of the system, they were positive towards the tool and its potential usefulness in ease of understanding the rehabilitation process and support for collaboration.
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