10 Years Beyond The Role of Biomedical Computing in...

10 Years Beyond: The Role of Biomedical Computing in Future Health Care If one were asked to predict the future of medicine a decade ago, I am certain only the most optimistic of people may have gotten a few predictions right. The future of health care which is based of countless variables is difficult to predict but one thing is for certain that computation will one of the most crucial aspects of its progress. Be it diagnosis or treatment computational algorithms are ubiquitous. Advances in electronics and computer science are immediately being used for betterment of health care and solve its current problems such as high costs, disintegrated care and human errors. With personal electronics faithfully in keeping the Moore’s law†¦show more content†¦Health care has already seen the acute reduction in the cost of sampling individual genomes. Following this reduction in cost will inevitably lead to more scalable technologies for recording and sampling parts of genetic information further enriching the world wide database of information. This will promote the availability of unique sample cases of genetic anomalies at the disposal of researchers around the world facilitating smoother research in diseases of a genetic origin. Recent advances in epigenetics are also helping develop a better understanding of how specific genes manifest themselves in affecting physical characteristics. The scientists will surely look to better manipulate these characteristics. Computer aided diagnosis (CAD) will likely see more advancements even though the day that CAD systems overrule the judgements of the physician seem far away. Computer aided diagnosis systems are algorithms are use to mark regions of diagnostic images that might have a specific abnormality to alert Physicians. These systems use neural networks that learn and improve when provided with more information. A centralized database of case studies will allow not only more data for CAD programs to base their decision on but also expedite the development of new and improved programs. Availability of more information will help increase scrutiny on predictions ofShow MoreRelated10 Years Beyond: The Role of Biomedical Computing in Future Health Care835 Words   |  4 PagesE. Moore, 1965: Cramming more components onto integrated circuits), it was stated that the number of transistors (an electronic component according to which the processing and memory capabilities of a microchip is measured) w ould double every 2 years. This prediction held true even when man ushered in the new millennium. 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