1. Technology Zainab Hassan Mrs. Timm 12 F March 10, 2013

2. Introduction “ If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.” –Ralph Merkle quotes Technology in the medical field - Technology advances - Impacts - Results

3. Technology Advances Technology has developed in the medical field Improvements in health care Improvements in peoples lifestyles Taking care of personal health with more use of electrical and medical equipments Use of various types of health products which induce a healthy and active life style Making sure that the effect of the technology is in a useful manner and not in harmful state

4. Technology as an assistant Technology is being used as a tool in assisting medical operations, surgeries or even emergency cases. Medical check-ups at home When doctors need to leave patients for lunch or any possible thing they need to do, technology is there to assist the patient for the mean time

5. Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence, a modern approach that is known for its probabilistic reasoning It plans and acts in our world’s modern field of hospitality It can be a robot which can be replaced to act on a certain duty for assistance It also uses natural language processing for communication

6. Technology development - Phones - Portable tablets - Radiology - X-ray scans - Wireless networks

7. Cochlear implant - Cochlear implants are devices that are surgically implanted to help deaf people hear. impacts on Cochlear implant

8. Nanotechnology Structures of building molecular scale Nanometer – scale technology Medical technology scanners

9. Brain implants Brain implants are now developed to help paralyzed people move a robot arm like it is their own. Paralyzed woman gets to use arm for the first time in nine years.

10. X-rays X-rays in medicine Advantages and purpose of x-ray improvement in detecting diseases

11. Different types of Medical Technology 1)2)

12. Advantages of Technology in the Medical Field The ability to transmit body weight, blood pressure as well as other risks that could happen to patients, which can now keep an eye on at home Medical technology supervision decrease the amount of illness as well as the number of mediators Being able to supervise themselves in their own home

13. Conclusion Technology in the medical field impacts Benefits Positive results

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