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Digital twins to revolutionize personalized medicine

Risk prediction and best therapy for a specific patient is a future possibility

19-Mar-2020

Key points from article :

Digital twins (DT) concept originated from the engineering industry.

AI helps in DT design to weave together organs’ physiological data to output a 3D image.

Siemens Healthineers trains its algorithms on huge database with >250M annotated images.

Enabling them to design digital heart models based on patients data.

Operator is able to test therapies on the model and look at the outcome.

Method already used in projects with hospitals in Europe to assess cardiovascular risks.

Concept still evolving, with only organ twins demonstrated.

There are some health trackers already available in the market to measure parameters.

These devices already offer a disconnected picture of the digital self.

Next step will be to link those insights to 3D- models of the organs.

Vital asset needed for this goal would be the patients’ data.

Challenges include data gathering and accuracy, also company profiteering.

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Benjamin Meder

Interventional cardiologist, Heidelberg University Hospital

BioIntelliSense

Continuous health monitoring and clinical intelligence company

BioSticker

Vitals monitoring device, BioIntelliSense

Blue Brain Project

Swiss brain research initiative, EPFL

Digital Twin Model

Physiological properties of a patients' organ simulator, Siemens Healthineers

Fitbit Ionic

Amazon

Smart watch, Fitbit

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Ensuring safety of drugs, medical supplies and food which is used daily.

GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care

Heidelberg University Hospital

University hospital of Heidelberg, Germany

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

American multinational enterprise information technology company

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Philips

Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation

Philips SmartSleep Deep Sleep Headband

Wearable sleep headband and mobile app, Philips

Polar H10

HEART RATE SENSOR, Polar

Reuters

News provider covering business, financial, national and international news

Siemens

German engineering giant

Siemens Healthineers

Medical technology and innovation company

Swedish Digital Twin Consortium (SDTC)

Multi-disciplinary consortium

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

University that specializes in natural sciences and engineering.

The Economist

International weekly newspaper covering current affairs, international business, politics and technology.

Vivek Bhatt

Chief technology officer at GE Healthcare’s clinical care solutions division

Topics mentioned on this page:
Digital Modeling, Precision Medicine