In silico imaging clinical trials: cheaper, faster, better, safer, and more scalable

Better, faster, cheaper, and safer too - Is this really possible?

Increased levels of automation together with increased complexity of automation systems brings increased responsibility on the system developers in terms of quality demands from the legal perspectives as well as company reputation. Component based development of software systems provides a viable and cost-effective alternative in this context provided one can address the quality and safety cert...

Developing More Reliable Software Faster and Cheaper

Create Better , Faster , Cheaper Designs for FPGAs

With the advent of ever-larger FPGAs, both software algorithm developers and hardware designers must become more productive. Given the frequent lack of resources (time, money, developers) and often unmanageable complexity, today’s complex software systems require an increase in abstraction level. A new generation of methodologies that describe algorithms at a level higher than RTL are collectiv...

Faster, cheaper, safer optical tweezers for the undergraduate laboratory

A tightly focused beam of light can attract and trap micron-sized dielectric particles whose refractive index exceeds that of the surrounding medium. Although single-beam optical traps were developed only in 1986, they have already proven their worth in making possible an increasing number of experiments. Optical traps have found particular use in biophysics, where they allow one to manipulate ...

Citrate for continuous renal replacement therapy: safer, better and cheaper

In a previous issue of Critical Care, Schilder and colleagues report the results of their multicenter trial (Citrate Anticoagulation Versus Systemic Heparinization; CASH) comparing regional anticoagulation with citrate to heparin anticoagulation. They found that citrate was safer, more efficacious and cheaper than heparin. In contrast to the largest previous trial, however, a survival benefit w...