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The goal of this proposed effort is to develop a new system for the US Army to improve patient healthcare and support future health research by lowering barriers to Health Information Exchange (HIE). The most critical obstacle to seamless HIE is the translation from a proprietary medical terminology to a universal reference language (e.g., universal standards). Our system, called MediBridge, addre ...

In Phase II, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to advance the development of the Intelligent Sensor Closed Loop Anesthesia Delivery (iSCAD) system that was shown to be feasible in meeting the Army Medical Research and Material Command"s need for a closed-loop anesthesia delivery system. The key innovation in the iSCAD is its novel system design based on multisensory fusion that allows acc ...

To address the DHP need for a biometric model to study the effects of dismounted complex blast injury on the pelvis, abdomen, and genitals, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to continue the development of a new Pelvic Model with multi-Sensory Data Acquisition (ELVIS). This proposed model is based on the combined development of a numerical model for blast effect prediction for different im ...

Surgical training requires an understanding of the human body"s complex 3-dimensional anatomical structures and the spatial relationships of nerves, blood vessels and other vital structures. Learning these spatial skills requires a lengthy training period and much practice that usually takes place in the operating room while under the supervision of a senior surgeon at great financial cost and pot ...

Currently there are over 20 types of procedural simulation models available for surgical skill training. Despite the large number of simulators currently available, there is a definite need for low cost anatomical training models with integrated sensors capable of recording the location and pressure measurements of a user"s performance in training of surgical cuts, manipulation and suture. Ideally ...

According to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, chronic pain affects 100 million Americans and costs the nation up to $635 billion annually. The overall objective of this project is to develop an assay to rapidly and reliably detect biomarkers associated with pain. Our goals in Phase II research are to verify the candidate pain biomarkers identified in Phase I, further develop ...

A well-established method of differential GNSS corrections, referred to as real time kinematic (RTK), is applied to raw signals which can be obtained for inexpensive automotive grade GNSS designs. This technical approach to position determination is historically found only in higher cost survey grade devices. Today’s automotive class designs can achieve positional accuracies of slightly over one ...

Despite heavy vehicles representing a small portion of vehicles on the roads, they have significant influences on pavement, safety, environment, energy consumption, and the performance of traffic system. Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) has been employed as a major technology to collect heavy vehicle data on freeways. Because WIM systems are costly and sophisticated, how to effectively utilize the valuable W ...

To address the Defense Health Program (DHP) need for a controlled, target-specific delivery system for topical treatment of peripheral neuropathy (PN), Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to continue development of Nano Therapeutics for Peripheral Neuropathy (NATPEN) in Phase II. The NATPEN includes a nanocarrier (NC) loaded with specific drugs, a biocompatible gel to contain the NC, and a ...

Passive microwave sensors aboard satellites provide valuable information regarding weather conditions by measuring atmospheric attenuation over a broad range of frequencies from 0-200 GHz. Additional ground-based sensors are desirable to provide complementary upward looking measurements that can be used to refine existing attenuation models. Operating over such a large bandwidth, however, places ...