The personality assessment and treatment determination system includes a facial recognition device for imaging a patient's face and receiving demographic and personality information from the patient, and a micro-lab device positioned in communication with the facial recognition device. The micro-lab device includes a body having at least one slot configured for receiving a slide holding the patient's bodily fluid, a scanner for analyzing the patient's bodily fluid, and a selector switch for selecting the bodily fluid to be analyzed. The information from the facial recognition device, each of the plurality of questionnaires, and from the micro-lab device is combined to determine the patient's psychological disorder and a to treatment for the patient's psychological disorder.

A hand-held intraoral scanner apparatus includes a handle, a scanner shaft and a head unit, wherein the head unit is arranged at an end of the scanner shaft and the head unit includes at least one sensor. The hand-held intraoral scanner apparatus further includes a processing unit, a moving arrangement and at least one motor. The processing unit is electrically interconnected to the at least one motor, the moving arrangement and the at least one sensor, a first end of the moving arrangement is interconnected to the head unit, and a second end of the moving arrangement is interconnected to the at least one motor. The processing unit is configured to move the head unit via the at least one motor and the moving arrangement, wherein the head unit is configured to move around at least one of two rotation axes. The two rotation axes extend perpendicular to each other.

A method of examining a response from one or more pupils of an eye is described. The method includes providing a hand-held mobile device with a display, a built-in camera, and a light stimulus source, wherein the light stimulus source can emit light at various intensities; using the mobile device to locate the pupil; using the mobile device to determine a distance between the device and the pupil; applying an algorithm that calculates a specific or optimal light intensity based on the distance between the device and the eye and causes the light stimulus source to emit one or more flashes of light at the specific or optimal light intensity; using the built-in camera to record the response of the pupil to the one or more flashes of light; and displaying on the display the data representative of the response of the pupil to the one or more flashes of light.

The information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes a computation unit. The computation unit computes an evaluation value related to heart disease on the basis of a detection result of a blood flow rate. Accordingly, the heart disease status can be easily ascertained. For example, the BNP level and the NT-pro BNP level can be estimated non-invasively and bloodlessly without requiring a blood test at a medical institution. Moreover, remote monitoring at home and the like becomes possible and telemedicine systems of heart disease can be built, for example, because the measurement at a medical institution is unnecessary.

A distributed ultrasound system includes a portable ultrasound system comprising: one or more transmitters configured to transmit ultrasound waves into a subject region; one or more receivers configured to receive ultrasound waves from the subject region in response to the ultrasound waves transmitted into the subject region; and a portable ultrasound processing unit configured to perform ultrasound image processing for generating one or more ultrasound images of the subject region using, at least in part, the ultrasound waves received from the subject region by the one or more receivers, wherein the portable ultrasound system is handheld and capable of being moved over a patient's body to an area proximate to the subject region; and an external ultrasound docking unit configured to receive and electrically couple with the portable ultrasound system and offload at least a portion of the ultrasound image processing from the portable ultrasound system when the portable ultrasound system is coupled to the external ultrasound docking unit, wherein the portable ultrasound system determines whether to offload the at least a portion of the ultrasound image processing based at least one of a temperature or a battery level of portable ultrasound system.

This present invention relates to a tubeless audible handheld stethoscope without integrated earpieces. The stethoscope has a receiving portion and a processing portion. The processing portion includes a built-in speaker and a clip assembly. The built-in speaker emits the sound of the stethoscope to a medical professional when placed over an area of the part of the patient. The stethoscope allows the medical professional to monitor a patient at a distance and without risking exposure to infection, as well as eliminating the cumbersome wearing of traditional stethoscopes.

An analyzer for diagnosing pulmonary and abdominals including, a pulsed force generator for outputting a mechanical disturbance to generate vibrations and reflected/return waves/vibrations in a patient's torso, and sensors for detecting the vibration/return wave signals. The apparatus compares the detected electrical signals with pre-stored reference wave profiles and based on the compared data generates an output signal indicative of a potential presence or absence of a pulmonary disease and/or condition.

A system for capturing, storing and comparing dermatological images includes two components, namely, a handheld exam control and a patient interface. The handheld exam control includes a camera, display screen, illuminator and a position sensor. The patient interface includes a patient position template and a position sensor interface. The system captures an image sequence and the precise location of each image. Images may be compared to previous images by a clinician.

Systems and methods are provided for extracting hemodynamic information, optionally employing portable electronic devices with optional User Interface (UI) features for system implementation. The systems and methods may be employed for acquiring hemodynamic signals and associated electrophysiological data and/or analyzing the former or both in combination to yield useful physiological indicia or results. Such hardware and software is advantageously used for non-invasively monitoring cardiac health.

There are disclosed methods and apparatus (10) for measuring Raman spectral features (52) of a sample (12), from which background light of variable intensity is also received, for example due to the incidence of ambient light (14) or due to variable fluorescence. Detection pixels (42) and storage pixels (44) are defined on a CCD device (40). Laser probe light (22) is directed to the sample. In a repeated cycle of first and second intervals, in each first interval background light is received at detection pixels, and in each second interval both background light and scattered laser probe light is received at the detection pixels. The accumulated signal from each of the first and second intervals is retained in the storage pixels during the second and first intervals respectively. In other aspects laser probe light is directed to the sample during both of the first and second intervals, but has a different wavelength in each interval.