Record keeping for patients on non-invasive ventilation (NIV) at St. Georges Hospital is poor. The initial NIV prescription is often not recorded, and changes to the NIV prescription or the rationale for the changes (ABG results) are also poorly documented. This leads to confusion for nurses/doctors as to what the correct settings are, meaning patients could receive ineffective ventilation. The...

Cancer is the main killing disease and breast cancer is the most common tumor among women. Compared to other cancers, the survival rate in case of breast cancer is high when detected early. Therefore intense screening programs are initiated. The standard for detection of breast cancer is mammography, which has several disadvantages such as ionizing radiation, high false-positive and false-negat...

The promise of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) technology is to augment human capabilities by enabling interaction with computers through a conscious and spontaneous modulation of the brainwaves after a short training period. Indeed, by analyzing brain electrical activity online, several groups have designed brain-actuated devices that provide alternative channels for communication, entertainme...

Non Invasive assessment techniques of atherosclerosis include Pulse-wave velocity at the brachial artery, Intima media thickness (IMT) in the carotid artery, Multi (64)-slice computed tomography (MSCT) for imaging of coronary lesions, Arterial pulse wave form analysis, Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) and Computed Tomography for coronary calcium. The potentially applicable screening tools have to be ...