Projects
UZA-Revolution of sleep diagnostics and personalized health care based on digital diagnostics and therapeutics with health data integration (SLEEP REVOLUTION). University of Antwerp
Revolution of sleep diagnostics and personalized health care based on digital diagnostics and therapeutics with health data integration KU Leuven
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with various negative health consequences including increased risk of heart disease, hypertension and daytime sleepiness causing road accidents. The economic burden of OSA is rising as almost 1 billion people worldwide are estimated to have OSA. The current diagnostic metric, however, relates poorly to these symptoms and comorbidities. It merely measures the frequency of breathing cessations without ...
Revolution of sleep diagnostics and personalized health care based on digital diagnostics and therapeutics with health data integration Ghent University
The Somnology group of the Dpt. of Respiratory Diseases at the Ghent University Hospital will commit to taking a leading role in the development of new innovative approaches to characterising sleep disorders in general and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in particular. Such new approach is mandatory now that it has become clear that OSA and many other sleep disorders are heterogeneous conditions that present as distinct phenotypes and ...
Preemie - revolutionary EEG-based diagnostics for premature babies. KU Leuven
The aim of this project is to finalize the software development, to validate the algorithms in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and to develop a platform to view EEG data from a distance.
Peptide-based diagnostics for re-emerging flaviviruses of significant public health concern Institute of Tropical Medicine
Development and preclinical evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for pancreatic cancer KU Leuven
Using dedicated radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear medicine significantly contributes to all stages of cancer patient care, including early detection, diagnosis, therapy monitoring and treatment. Apart from external high energy X-ray beam therapy, Targeted RadioNuclide Therapy (TRNT) is another approach to deliver radiation to cancer cells. In TRNT, the therapeutic radiopharmaceutical is distributed within the body by the vascular system and ...
Clinical diagnostic trial in Western Africa of a simplified blood culture system to improve healthcare in low-resource settings Institute of Tropical Medicine
antimicrobial resistance which affects mainly low-resource settings (LRS). Diagnosis of BSI is done by sampling
blood in blood culture bottles that are checked for growth in the microbiology laboratory. In LRS, microbiology
laboratories are however scarce, and BSI cannot be diagnosed, resulting in overuse of ...
ENERGISE: nExt-geNEration Rapid phenotypic bacterioloGy dIagnostics for low-reSource and rEmote settings Ghent University
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global threat, particularly in low-resource settings (LRS)
like sub-Saharan Africa. Alas, diagnosing bacterial infections and preventing AMR is hampered by a
lack of feasible diagnostic tests, like blood culture diagnostics. Current methods are exceedingly
complex to implement in the settings where the crisis of AMR is already most acute. To address this,
a partnership between ...
Soft optoelectronics and ion-based circuits for diagnostics and closed-loop neuromodulation of the auditory pathway Ghent University
Understanding and modulating neural networks requires high-resolution acquisition of neural activity over time, real-time analysis, and minimally invasive stimulation methods with high specificity. Such procedures are particularly needed for treatment of sensory disfunction (e.g. hearing loss), and certain neurological diseases (e.g. epilepsy). The lack of soft, biocompatible, hybrid and smart neural interfaces hinders our capacity to study ...