NEW AND MODIFIED INSTRUMENTS

Exhibition of New Instruments

[New instruments, same risks].

This issue of the journal includes a publication on the adaptation of the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) to estimate the risk of death from preventable diseases such as cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), among other cardiovascular diseases.1 The original system was designed to help guide clinicians responsible for the primary prevention of cardiovascula...

New anthropometric instruments.

Anthropometric examinations have been carried out since 1901 (USA) with the aim of developing and furthering the garment and footwear size system. The contribution to the solution of these problems was noticed in the last decades when a technical board was founded and the propositions in ISO norm series as well as in European norm (EN) series were prescribed. Two methods are employed in anthrop...

Interdisciplinary Applications of New Instruments

In this paper we will have a short overview of some of the systems we have been developing as an independent company over the last years. We will focus especially on our latest experiments in developing wireless gestural systems using the camera as an interactive tool to generate 2D and 3D visuals and music.

New Instruments for Thoracic Surgery.