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Thursday, 29 November 2018 09:41

Turning brain scanning on its head with smaller MRIs

Ben Parkinson (right) and Konstantinos Bouloukakis working on a helmet-style MRI magnet (half-scale version), developed as part of the KiwiNet Emerging Innovator Programme

Wellington researcher Ben Parkinson has received a boost from KiwiNet to help commercialise his game-changing compact superconducting magnets for smaller, next-generation, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems.

Published in MEDICAL
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Monday, 05 November 2018 08:14

NZ AI can predict retinal and eye diseases

NZ AI can predict retinal and eye diseases

New Zealand-designed artificial intelligence framework MedicMind which enables the development and design of AI without coding has been used to develop an advance set of algorithms to detect a range of common eye diseases. Findings are published on Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. The Dunedin-based research was part of an initiative to tackle growing ageing population and degenerative eye diseases, oDocs Eye Care director Dr Hong Sheng Chiong says. A total of 4435 images were used for developing the artificial intelligence and its underlying algorithm. The average accuracy was 80 percent, with sensitivity of 75 percent and specificity of 89 percent. The AI is capable of detecting common eye diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and retinal vessel disease. Age-related degenerative diseases such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy are on the rise, causing huge delays and backlogs to clinic appointments and clinical workload, Dr Hong says. “With an AI that is capable of triage and making initial predictive diagnosis, it would help clinicians with limited knowledge and experience in ophthalmology - eye care - to screen through retinal photographs efficiently” “This is a pilot study and its performance can be improved with a much larger dataset. We are calling for all New Zealand clinical and artificial intelligence scientists to join the movement to explore this field.” The research and algorithm are not designed to replace more conventional approaches such as a visit to an optometrist or ophthalmologist. It is merely a way to improve efficiency and safety of patients’ eye care. The scientific article is available here. Dr Hong is an ophthalmologist registrar at Dunedin Hospital and is chief executive of oDocs Eye Care. He says he is on a mission to end preventable blindness globally. Earlier this year, ODocs Eye Care signed its first overseas international partnership with Riyadh’s King Saud University, which is the biggest medical university in the Arab world.

Published in MEDICAL
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Tuesday, 23 October 2018 11:44

ResMed notches up win over F&P Healthcare in latest patent dispute

23 Oct:  1151 | The Munich Regional Court has found Fisher & Paykel Healthcare breached a patent held by rival ResMed

Published in MEDICAL
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Monday, 22 October 2018 15:30

World-leading Canterbury physicist wins Innovation Medal

Professor Butler and the MARS scanner is attached. Photo: University of Canterbury.

Internationally respected Physics Professor Phil Butler has been announced as the 2018 recipient of the University of Canterbury (UC) Innovation Medal, the highest award the University can bestow to an outstanding innovator.

Published in MEDICAL
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Wednesday, 03 October 2018 13:04

UC Connect public lecture on revolutionary 3D colour X-ray for medicine

UC Connect public lecture on revolutionary 3D colour X-ray for medicine

Invented in Christchurch, the MARS spectral x-ray scanner will revolutionise medical imaging globally, and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such as cancer and heart disease, because it provides far greater detail of the body’s chemical components.

Published in MEDICAL
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Monday, 01 October 2018 07:55

NZ start-up set to disrupt $40b industry

A handheld device which can generate quicker and more accurate results for substances such as recreational drugs is being developed in Wellington. Photo: Supplied

A Wellington-based start-up is poised to disrupt a $40 billion antibodies industry by creating a faster, cheaper and humane way of testing for substances reports Farah Hancock for Newsroom.

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Wednesday, 12 September 2018 11:50

PharmaZen posts record 1H profit; reaps benefit from investments

PharmaZen, a manufacturer of plant and animal-based health supplements, turned to a record first-half profit as it reaped the benefit of earlier investments

Published in MEDICAL
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Thursday, 05 July 2018 08:26

MIT engineers create low-cost prosthetic foot that approximates natural gait

MIT engineers create low-cost prosthetic foot that approximates natural gait

Engineers from Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMIT have developed a streamlined prosthetic foot that lets wearers walk with a fluid motion, and can be manufactured at a low cost.

Published in MEDICAL
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Monday, 02 July 2018 13:01

Creso Pharma launches product into New Zealand

Listed cannabis company Creso Pharma is set to launch its chronic pain product into the New Zealand market after signing an agreement with a key distributor.

Published in MEDICAL
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Wednesday, 06 June 2018 15:25

Bridging the gap between human and animal communication

Cooperative turn-taking has been suggested as an ancient mechanism of the language system bridging the existing gap between the articulate human species and our inarticulate primate cousins. A team of... view more

Comparing human and nonhuman animal turn-taking skills empirically to shed further light on the evolutionary roots of language

Published in OBSERVATIONS
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Palace of the Alhambra Spain

Palace of the Alhambra, Spain

By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)

From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes

Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm

Valued $12,000 - $18,000

Offers invited over $9,000

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

 

Mount Egmont with Lake

Mount Egmont with Lake 

By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)

Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm

Valued $2,000-$3,000

Offers invited over $1,500

Contact:  Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242

Henry@HeritageArtNZ.com

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