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Review
. 2024 Oct;35(4):481-488.
doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2024.05.010. Epub 2024 Jun 17.

Engineering Principles and Bioengineering in Global Health

Joshua R Harper  1 , Steven J Schiff  2
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Review

Engineering Principles and Bioengineering in Global Health

Joshua R Harper et al. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2024 Oct.

Abstract

Medical technology plays a significant role in the reduction of disability and mortality due to the global burden of disease. The lack of diagnostic technology has been identified as the largest gap in the global health care pathway, and the cost of this technology is a driving factor for its lack of proliferation. Technology developed in high-income countries is often focused on producing high-quality, patient-specific data at a cost high-income markets can pay. While machine learning plays an important role in this process, great care must be taken to ensure appropriate translation to clinical practice.

Keywords: Engineering in global health; Global health diagnostics; Low-field MRI; Open source medical technology; Sustainable health technology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure Supported by NIH, United States R01HD085853 (S.J. Schiff, J.R. Harper), NIH Director’s Transformative Award R01AI145057 (S.J. Schiff), R01HD096693 (S.J. Schiff), U01NS107486 (S.J. Schiff), an Equipment Transfer Agreement between Hyperfine and Yale University.

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