Descrizione del progetto
Un nuovo modo di fornire assistenza sanitaria e migliorare gli esiti per i pazienti
I metodi diagnostici e terapeutici possono essere migliorati integrando i biosistemi con sistemi avanzati di elaborazione delle informazioni. Ciò consente l'acquisizione e l'elaborazione dei dati in tempo reale e il supporto decisionale, permettendo diagnosi precise e piani di trattamento personalizzati. Analizzando i dati biofisici con algoritmi sofisticati, gli operatori sanitari possono confermare le condizioni di salute e fornire terapie efficaci. In quest'ottica, il progetto CyberCare, finanziato dal CER, sta esplorando architetture integrate di rilevamento e di calcolo. Attraverso un dimostratore che mostra le tecnologie combinate nell'assistenza medica di primo soccorso, il progetto intende convalidare soluzioni migliori e più accessibili per migliorare gli esiti per i pazienti. In particolare, progetterà array di sensori integrati programmabili, una nuova struttura logica per le unità di elaborazione dati e strumenti software avanzati.
Obiettivo
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.
Campo scientifico
- 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
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantIstituzione ospitante
1015 Lausanne
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