Ai And Radar Technology Could Transform Blood Glucose Monitoring

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Pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) and radar technology has been shown to help people with diabetes manage their blood sugar levels. The technology uses high-frequency radio waves to monitor blood sugar levels without the need for finger pricking. In a study by the University of Waterloo, the technology was 85% accurate in detecting glucose changes. This innovative approach could potentially transform how millions of people monitor their blood sugar levels in the future. The radar device was developed by Google and German hardware company Infineon. It works by sending frequency waves into liquids that contain different levels of glucose. The radio waves then reflect back to the radar device where the data is converted into digital data. This is then analysed using AI technology. When tested on people with diabetes the technology was shown to be 85% accurate when compared with the traditional finger prick method. Engineering professor George Shaker, from the University of Waterloo, said: "The correlation was actually amazing. We have shown it is possible to use radar to look into the blood to detect changes. "We want to sense blood inside the body without actually having to sample any fluid. Our hope is this can be realised as a smartwatch to monitor glucose continuously." The research team is now planning to step up their work by improving the accuracy of the system and looking at ways to shrink the radar device so it uses less power and is more cost-effective. They are also looking at ways to incorporate smartwatch technology to make the software more accessible to everyone. Prof Shaker added: "I'm hoping we'll see a wearable device on the market within the next five years. There are challenges, but the research has been going at a really good rate." The findings appear online in the International Journal of Mobile Human-Computer Interaction.

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[Jollymon]

Oooooo! The re-birth Of the glucowatch! Maybe this time it will really work.

 

[jlarsson]

I wonder if this(as in something similar) is what Apple have been working on in their alleged work on blood glucose monitoring in their watches. If this works, it'll be a gigantic step in health monitoring in general, not just us diabetics.

 

[kitedoc]

Than you muchly for this news !! This could be a giant step forward for all diabetics. And after doing needle pricks in fingers for some 38 years ( the previous 14 years were before gluco-meters were available) I might otherwise be putting my left hand up for finger transplants, and I do not fancy having my thumb moved to another part of my hand !!!
Whilst CGM can greatly reduce finger pricks its cost is sometimes prohibitive !!
I imagine that miniaturising the power source and overall size for this radar device will be a challenge as well as incorporating it into a pump system perhaps in place of or as alternative to current CGM applications,.
One little request though: could there be an add-on that could indicate whether a needle insert ( the plastic cannula under the skin) used for insulin pumps is kinked or not (might need to be ultrasound rather than radar but who knows !??) and incorporate not only physical imagery but also measure insulin flow rates. If one asks for the world even a small morsel of help is gratefully accepted !!
At present the only way of knowing is some hours later when the kinking has slowed insulin infusion to the point where an otherwise explained high BSLs results.