Technology has revolutionized the medical field. Where medicine was once basic, modern testing equipment like X-rays, MRIs, and CT scans now provide detailed diagnoses. Successful transplants were once rare but pills now cure many diseases and transplants have higher success rates. Digitization also connects medical records globally and gives doctors access to more diagnostic information. Emerging technologies like 3D bioprinting of organs and robotic exoskeletons promise further advances, showing how technology continuously transforms medicine.

1. {
How technology is
revolutionizing the
medical field
By: Brendan Miller

2. Content
• How medical care used to be compared to now
• What technologies help make this change
• Why does technology play such a crucial role in
medical and health care
• Where will it go next?
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3. { {Past (around 1950’s)
 No extensive
knowledge of the
human body
 Medicine was basic
 Transplant success
rate was very
low(high rejection rate
by the patients body)
Present
 X-ray, MRI and Ct scan
to just name a few of the
modern testing
equipment to diagnose a
health issue
 Pills to cure hundreds of
diseases and new
technologies to make
transplants have a
higher success rate
Medical care in the past vs
present day

4. Medical care in the past vs
present cont’d
Past (around 1950’s) Presnt day
• Patients medical charts
where only localized at
your doctors office
• Doctors had to go by
medical text books which
can sometimes miss
some symptoms
• The globe is digitally connected so
your medical charts can be
electronically sent to any doctors
office around the world
• Doctors can look at global
statistics when diagnosing patients

5. What technologies helped
revolutionize the medical field?
• X-rays are used extensively to paint a clear picture of our bones
which, helps doctors diagnose the severity of a fracture or a break
and also help determining if it’s a bad sprain or the bone is
fractured.
• Electrocardiogram is another technological advancement that has
helped physicians diagnose heart conditions with much greater
precision
• An EKG (electrocardiogram) uses the electrical signals that are
delivered to the heart and transfers them into line tracings on a
sheet of paper. Which is read by the patients doctor

6. { {MRI
 MRI uses extremely
powerful
electromagnets (uses
large amounts of
electricity)
 Scan takes about 30
minutes
 Detects soft tissues
 Diagnoses cancers,
strokes, brain
tumors, ligament
and tendon injuries
CT Scan
 Uses X-rays instead
of magnets
 Scan only takes 5
minutes
 Detects bone and
soft tissues (not as
accurate as the MRI)
 Diagnoses bone
injuries, cancers,
lung and chest
imaging

7.  Medicine hasn’t changed drastically over the years, but new
forms of medication have been found to treat certain
diseases more effectively.
 The way medicine is made has changed a lot with
technology. By the way it is mass produced today, where it
is readily available in pharmacies.
Technologies in Medicine

8. Why is technology so important
to the health care industry
• New technological advancements help to make health care
easier on physicians for diagnosing and easier on the patients
as well
• With technologies like the iPad. Doctors can carry a little half
pound device that can contain all of their patients medical
records as well as hundreds of medical textbooks and findings
by other doctors that could discover new symptoms that lead
to a certain disease
• Sticking with the iPad, hospitals in remote areas can have a
nurse video call a doctor and do the tests he instructs her to do
with him making the final decision on the severity of the
patient

9. New technological advancements still in
production
• This robotic looking machine is a
new invention that allows
paraplegics the ability to walk
again or for the first time. As well
as a helping hand for patients
that have suffered sever leg
injuries and are learning how to
walk again
• This technology is huge because
it gets them up out of sitting in a
wheelchair all day long
• Next best thing than using their
own two legs

10. 3D printing can be used in the medical
field? WHAAAT?

11. • Scientists are now experimenting with 3D printers to
do all sorts of things in the medical field. From printing
biological tissue, to printing medication for patients
• Chemists are experimenting using 3D printers that can
print any kind of organic medicine. Using a specific
chemical ink for each medication and downloading a
blueprint from the internet to print your own medicine
at home. Chemists are still not there yet trying to get a
precise enough 3D printer and regulating this idea
would be a nightmare for illegal drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAEqvn7B2Qg

12. Scientists and biologists are also working on ways to grow new
body parts that are just like the real thing with actual skin covering
them.
How is this possible? By using stem cells from the patients body.
They are placed in a mold along with chemicals then the part is
surgically placed under the patients skin to allow skin to cover the
body part.
Scientists have successfully made many different body parts like:
• Noses
• Ears
• Blood vessels
• Tear ducts
• Windpipes
• and many more yet to begin trial

13. In Conclusion
• Scientists are making amazing new innovations in the medical
field. Its unbelievable the amount of new technology that has
been developed looking back 50 years.
• Doctors can now more accurately diagnose patients illnesses
earlier on to begin treatment before the disease spreads or
becomes to severe
• Although there is still a long way to go on some of the futuristic
ideas scientists are toying with presently. Soon they will figure
out all the bugs and revolutionize the medical field once more.
• I am incredible interested in what will happen in the next 50
years of innovation
The End! Thank you

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