Translating civilian and defense technologies for pediatric critical care and rehabilitation research.
A conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) titled "Translating Civilian and Defense Technologies for Pediatric Critical Care and Rehabilitation Research" was held on May 16th and 17th, 2005 in Rockville, Maryland. A summary of presentations from the conference is provided. Topics presented addressed: advances in monitoring and imaging devices used in the pediatric intensive care unit, regulatory issues and recent technological developments relating to medical devices for children, the new role that virtual reality is playing in rehabilitation medicine, and the evolving future of assistive devices for rehabilitation.
Wagner
Nicholas J
NJ
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, USA.
Quatrano
Louis A
LA
Nicholson
Carol E
CE
D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000639:trends*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000639:trends*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012106:Research; D012656:Self-Help Devices / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface