The remote measurement of physiological signals from video has gained a particular attention over the last past years. Estimating cardiovascular parameters like oxygen saturation and arterial blood pressure (BP) is covered by limited volume studies remain very challenging issue. Recent attempts demonstrated that BP can be estimated facial but under controlled scenarios or with moderate performa...

BACKGROUND Hypertension has proven to be a strong liability with 13.5% of all mortality worldwide being attributed to elevated blood pressures in 2001. An accurate blood pressure measurement lies at the crux of an appropriate diagnosis. Despite the mercury sphygmomanometer being the gold standard, the ongoing deliberation as to whether mercury sphygmomanometers should be replaced with the autom...

BACKGROUND Recently, malfunctioning of a cardiac pacemaker electromagnetic, caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI) by fields emitted by personal portable music players was highly publicized around the world. A clinical study of one patient was performed and two types of interference were observed when the clinicians placed a pacemaker programming head and an iPod were placed adjacent to t...

introduction: accreditation assesses performance, or capacity to perform, against predetermined standards. it typically combines external quality assurance, through a process of peers review, with elements of self-regulation through internal and selfdirected assessment. this study is an attempt to identify the quality of pediatrics residency educational programs regarding predetermined standard...

today, through out the world, medical education has two critical needs: need for structural reform and innovative plans and then need for social accountability in terms of educational program quality and its effectiveness. educational assessment and accreditation could be considered as operational (executive) strategy to meet both needs. of outmost important as the first toward educational asse...