As stated above, CANAMET Inc. was established to commercialize a number of
robust and field-deployable non-invasive 3D/4D medical imaging and monitoring
vital signs devices that are characterized by high-image resolution
capabilities, which are not susceptible to motion-related distortion effects and
can operate in noise/vibration intense environments. These technologies have
been conceived and developed by Dr. Stergios Stergiopoulos while he was Senior
Defence Scientist at DRDC Toronto.
From the Canadian Defence point of view, the objective with these innovations
was to demonstrate the capability to rapidly provide advanced diagnostic
information from multiple casualties, in a complex military or mass-casualty
exercise, to both local medical support personnel and remote diagnostic experts,
with the aim of reducing the mortality rate and severity of injuries. Clinical
trials and animal experimentation results have shown that these objectives are
met by the above innovations that consist of non-invasive, portable, rugged,
field-deployable medical monitoring, imaging, and diagnostic systems, employing
advanced digital signal processing, Artificial Intelligence technologies, and
real-time links to human diagnosticians and treatment specialists.
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During the course of the R&D development efforts, however, it was identified
that the capabilities of the above innovations address the requirements also of
the civilian medical practitioners, Emergency Departments of Hospitals,
Ambulances, etc. This is because they can greatly improve diagnostic accuracy
and facilitate the earlier diagnosis and treatment of disease and offer the
potential to revolutionize the manner in which field medical treatment is
delivered by the medical crisis-response teams. Specifically, these technologies
facilitating non-invasive physiological and medical monitoring would be valuable
for
- treatment of injured civilians
- victims rescued during search and rescue operations
- remote monitoring of high health-risk patients
- improvements in accuracy of diagnostic procedures
- minimally invasive surgery operations
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