Development of Advanced Wear Debris Analysis Techniques for Osteoarthritis Study. Wear and tear of joints is the common cause of osteoarthritis, costing $19.25 billion/year. With this cost on the increase, and no cure to date, comes a need to develop effective methods for its diagnosis. This study will provide new knowledge on osteoarthritis progression by allowing strategic use of national health resources. A fuzzy expert system, to be developed utilising the diagnostic/prognostic techniques of ....Development of Advanced Wear Debris Analysis Techniques for Osteoarthritis Study. Wear and tear of joints is the common cause of osteoarthritis, costing $19.25 billion/year. With this cost on the increase, and no cure to date, comes a need to develop effective methods for its diagnosis. This study will provide new knowledge on osteoarthritis progression by allowing strategic use of national health resources. A fuzzy expert system, to be developed utilising the diagnostic/prognostic techniques of this study will significantly reduce cost and time. The project will contribute to the National Strategy by helping older Australians; the major group of osteoarthritis sufferers, to retain their health, independence and productivity.Read moreRead less
Improved patient care and image resolution in magnetic resonance imaging. A better understanding of the vibration within MRIs would result in techniques to both improve the image resolution and lower the noise emissions. Direct improvement of health care for Australians will result. Both the patient and the working environment around these scanners will improve as well as image resolution. Presently imaging is possible at the cellular scale, but only through improved MRI stability will imaging r ....Improved patient care and image resolution in magnetic resonance imaging. A better understanding of the vibration within MRIs would result in techniques to both improve the image resolution and lower the noise emissions. Direct improvement of health care for Australians will result. Both the patient and the working environment around these scanners will improve as well as image resolution. Presently imaging is possible at the cellular scale, but only through improved MRI stability will imaging reach the molecular level. Medical research that is linked to MRI imaging can be expected to advance in step with improved image resolution. The resulting knowledge could also be used in other research and industrial areas, including micro- and nano-scale devices, where vibration is a critical performance limiting factor.Read moreRead less