Healthcare technology – digital and technological solutions for the future of healthcare

In line with demographic changes and a growing need for prevention, early intervention, personalised treatments and coherent patient pathways, healthcare systems are facing significant challenges. Increasing demands are being placed on quality, accessibility and efficient use of resources in both the public and private parts of the healthcare sector.

Within health and biomedical technology, technological developments offer new opportunities to support healthcare systems and the healthcare industry. This includes technologies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and rehabilitation of patients and citizens with both acute and chronic diseases or disabilities.

In close collaboration with clinicians, companies and other research environments, we at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering work with the development and application of new technologies within the healthcare domain. The collaboration strengthens the translation of research-based technologies into practice and supports more coherent, efficient and sustainable healthcare solutions.

New sensors can raise the alarm about strokes

The survival of the approx. 12,000 Danes who experience a blood clot or haemorrhage in the brain each year depends on how quickly they receive treatment. Researchers are developing a sensor system that can ensure that more people get the help they need in time.

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PhD student invents a ring for leaking heart valves

A small ring around the main artery may cure patients with leaking heart valves. Researchers have documented its effect on animals and they hope they will make it possible to use the technology on humans.

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New project to measure Alzheimer's and Parkinson's via the ear

Serious brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are usually diagnosed too late for optimal benefit from available drug and non-drug treatments. A new research project will develop and test a scalable home health care technology that could have a major impact on early detection, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of both diseases.

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Students impress with a muscle-controlled exoskeleton

A new type of exoskeleton controlled by signals from any well-functioning muscles can help people with paralysis or functional impairments.

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Asbjørn wants to use solar cells to restore sight for the blind

Using microscopic solar cells operated into the back of the eye, Asbjørn hopes to be able to restore the sight of patients with a number of hereditary eye diseases.

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Smart earbud will measure how astronauts sleep

Astronauts find it difficult to maintain a natural circadian rhythm and generally complain a lot about their sleep. Aarhus University's Center for Ear-EEG has developed a technology that can read the brain's electrical activity and map our sleep patterns.

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Researcher from ECE will develop senses in prostheses

Artificial skin filled with electronic neurons and synapses will pave the way for prostheses that allow users to feel the heat of the sun, sand between their toes and perhaps even the pain of falling and grazing a knee. A new research fellow will help make this possible.

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Researchers look for signs of mental illness in our sleep

Perhaps there is a correlation between sleep patterns and mental illness that we have not previously been able to understand. In a new study, researchers aim to map brain activity in patients with bipolar disorder while they sleep.

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