e-Health companies face challenges in developing business models
Health, In the News, SocietyThe development of technological tools has opened the way for many innovations in the e-health sector. These products and services allow doctors to remotely monitor their patients and help empower dependent persons. Yet the companies that develop…
A robot and supervised learning algorithms for physical rehabilitation
Digital, Health, In the NewsWhat if robotics and machine learning could help ease your back pain? The KERAAL project, led by IMT Atlantique, is working to design a humanoid robot that could help patients with lower back pain do their rehabilitation exercises at home. Thanks…
IMT becomes an associated partner of EIT Health
Health, In the NewsIn November 2017, IMT became an associate partner of EIT Health, a European program for improving research on new technologies in e-health. Bernadette Dorizzi, director of research and the doctoral program at Télécom SudParis, explains the…
The brain: seeing between the fibers of white matter
Digital, Health, In the NewsThe principle behind diffusion imaging and tractography is exploring how water spreads through our brain in order to study the structure of neurons. Doctors can use this method to improve their understanding of brain disease. Pietro Gori, a…
Will health apps soon be covered by health insurance?
Digital, Health, In the NewsCharlotte Krychowski, Télécom École de Management – Institut Mines-Télécom ;
Meyer Haggège, Grenoble École de Management (GEM) and Myriam Le Goff-Pronost, IMT Atlantique – Institut Mines-Télécom
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The Auragen project: turning the hopes of genomic medicine into reality
Health, In the News, SocietyThere is only one way to unlock the mysteries of certain genetic diseases — analyze each patient gene by gene. Genome analysis offers great promise for understanding rare diseases and providing personalized treatment for each patient. The…
Fine particles are dangerous, and not just during pollution peaks
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsVéronique Riffault, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom and François Mathé, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom
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Fine particulate pollution: can we trust microsensor readings?
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsNathalie Redon, IMT Lille Douai – Institut Mines-Télécom
Last May, Paris City Hall launched “Pollutrack”: a fleet of micro sensors placed on the roofs of vehicles traveling throughout the capital to measure the amount of fine particles…
Air quality: several approaches to modeling the invisible
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsThe theme day on air quality modeling (organized by FIMEA and IMT Lille Douai) on June 8 provided an opportunity for researchers in this field to exchange on existing methods. Modeling makes it possible to identify the link between pollution…
Our exposure to electromagnetic waves: beware of popular belief
Energy & environment, Environment, Health, In the NewsJoe Wiart, Télécom ParisTech – Institut Mines-Télécom, Université Paris-Saclay
This article is published in partnership with "La Tête au carré", the daily radio show on France Inter dedicated to the popularization of science, presented…