In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in surgical practice for example with
Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). To overcome challenges coming from deported eye-to …

Abstract Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology not only offers tracking capability
to locate equipment, supplies and people in real time, but also provides efficient and …

There has been an increase in the potential use of wireless devices in healthcare domain for
a variety of reasons. The most commonly used device is the cellular phone, which emits …

Background Retained surgical items (RSI) are designated as completely preventable “never
events”. Despite numerous case reports, clinical series, and expert opinions few studies …

OBJECTIVE: RFID offers great opportunities to health care. Nevertheless, prior experiences
also show that RFID systems have not been designed and tested in response to the …

WHAT IS RFID? Apart from the physical tags attached to persons or objects, there are a
number of components including the antenna (detects the tag), the reader (receives tag …

With the advent of “wireless” endocardial pacing, the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter
defibrillator, and leadless pacemakers comes an added layer of complexity to the …

This paper presents an interactive transfer function design tool based on ellipsoidal
Gaussian transfer functions (ETFs). Our approach explores volumetric features in the …

We present a system that recognizes human activities during trauma resuscitation, the fast-
paced and team-based initial management of injured patients in the emergency department …

The purpose of this study is to perform provocative testing for the assessment of the
electromagnetic interference (EMI) of radiofrequency identification (RFID) and near field …