Descripción del proyecto
Una nueva forma de prestar asistencia sanitaria y mejorar el desenlace clínico de los pacientes
Los métodos diagnósticos y terapéuticos de la sanidad se pueden mejorar integrando biosistemas con sistemas avanzados de procesamiento de la información. Ello permite la adquisición y el procesamiento de datos en tiempo real, así como el apoyo a la toma de decisiones, lo que favorece diagnósticos precisos y planes de tratamiento personalizados. Los profesionales sanitarios pueden validar el estado de salud y administrar tratamientos eficaces mediante el análisis de datos biofísicos con algoritmos sofisticados. Teniendo esto en cuenta, en el proyecto CyberCare, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, se examinan arquitecturas de detección y computación integradas. Mediante un demostrador que revele la eficacia de las tecnologías combinadas en los primeros auxilios, su equipo se propone validar soluciones óptimas y más asequibles para mejorar el desenlace clínico de los pacientes. En concreto, se diseñarán conjuntos de sensores integrados programables, una nueva estructura lógica para las unidades de procesamiento de datos y herramientas informáticas avanzadas.
Objetivo
This proposal addresses high-risk, high-reward research of integrated sensing and computing architectures, as well as of models, methods and tools for their design and operation. Such architectures provide the bridge between bio-systems and information processing systems, where a bio-system is an abstraction of a human in terms of biophysical parameters. Breakthroughs in data acquisition, processing and decision making support will enable new smart-health applications.
The essential research goals of this proposal are: biophysical data acquisition by novel programmable integrated sensor arrays and their design and test using a modular and structured architecture; data processing in situ and/or remotely using application-specific hardware and/or embedded software; a new robust synthesis methodology for data processing units based on a new logic structure; models, abstractions and software tools for reasoning about the acquired data, to validate health conditions and/or to provide remedies (i.e. therapy). The results of this research will be embodied in a demonstrator showing the effectiveness of these combined technologies in first-aid medical care.
The outcome of this research will have a deep and broad impact on health care, because it will improve diagnosis and therapy in a variety of cases. Namely, it will boost the quality and quantity of the acquired biophysical data, possibly in real time, by leveraging multiple sensing modalities and dedicated computing architectures. The use of formal methods for design, data evaluation and decision making support will enhance the quality of the diagnostic platforms and will ease their qualification and adoption. Moreover, the integration of sensing and electronics and their in-field programmability will reduce production cost and lower the barrier of adoption, thus providing for better and more affordable health care means.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsbiosensors
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkali metals
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing
Programa(s)
Régimen de financiación
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantInstitución de acogida
1015 Lausanne
Suiza