The COVID-19 era has led to more and more people becoming ‘self-reliant’ in the field of healthcare, limiting their hospital visit only for urgent and life-saving procedures, this has led to the rise of some of the most innovative health technologies and the development of path-breaking mobile medical monitoring systems. In line with the new…
Mobile digital radiography (DR) systems are at the forefront in providing an initial screening for pneumonia, a developed stage of COVID-19 in severe cases. Imaging is generally not recommended in asymptomatic individuals with slight COVID-19 symptoms unless the risk of disease progression prevails. Mobile DR systems find endless applications in COVID-19 therapy and management. Mobile…
Any virus has the capability to damage healthy living cells and multiply itself. The novel coronavirus-SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) primarily attacks linings of the airways in the cells thus impacting the respiratory tract. The disease presents a spectrum of symptoms, from mild fever and cough to pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome in the most severe cases. …
The pandemic continues to disturb normal lives, worldwide. The number of confirmed cases though declining, is still on an upward trajectory with several nations at the doorstep of the ‘second wave’ of the virus. As of October 22, 2020, the virus had infected more than 41 million people globally, with over 1.13 million deaths. The…
