how have computers made an impact on medical fields?
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Sure they are and they will make more advances. There's the MRI, CAT Scan, PET, EEG, etc... without computers hospitals and any health care facilities will be disabled. So much depends on computers that life itselt cannot work without it.
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I think first on the list would be communication.  Computing technology allows for massively improved communication.  It is easier (look how easy it it was for you to contact me).  It is quicker (imagine how many months it would have taken you to get answers to your questions if you'd had to use snail mail).  And the content is much richer (you can send anything at all to me except touch, taste and smell---and they're working on them!)\n\nSecond on the list would probably be information.  Communication and information are very much associatated, but let's look specifically at the content of what you can send and receive.  You can send me anything at all that fits in the audio or visual range.\n\nAnd then there's the fact that the use of computers makes our lives easier.  They are execellent at doing complex calculations for us.  They allow us to simulate things rather than actually doing them (that, I understand, is how the USA continues to develop its nuclear weapons: through simulation... but you might want to check that fact).\n\nFor more information you might like to make your way through the links on this page\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing\n\nGood luck
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There always seems to be a new breakthrough.  Little by little traditional cancer research is gaining ground.  As far as soon?  That would take a major breakthrough.  But look at the rise in technology over  the past 100 years, and then the past decade.  We have not only more educated and then knowledgeable brains working on it, but think about the knowledge that isn't being lost now when someone  in the research field dies.  You don't have to go searching for a book for answers, it's right there on a computer.  Quick access has made knowledge so readily available that the rise in medical technology should continue to spike off the charts.   So, at the rate it's going the past predictions of stating a cure may be found in 50 years could be reduced to "some time soon"er than anyone thought.
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Benefits are numerous. Computers enable us to make life easy by increasing the efficiency of offices, schools and persons. Science and Arts can make great progress with the help of computers. And we enjoy the fruits of them. Instant communication bridges the gap between people - relatives, friends and enemies, as well as researchers and thinkers.\n\nHowever, computers are not without their drawbacks. They can create an illusion of the world which may be different from reality. Many become so dependent on computers that they feel helpless without. Also, you can get ache, cramps, blood clots and impaired vision from excessive use of computer. Without going outdoors or using cars, together with physical inactivity can even kill a person. Because these can beget diabetes or other serious ailments.\n\nMan will certainly overcome these bad effects and derive much benefits from use of computers, in days to come.
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Computers Have Changed Our Lives\nby Patricia Wong\n\n    It’s amazing how computers have changed our lives. For example, computers have made work easier. Before computers, work took more time, because everything was manual and had to be printed, so finding files and information was difficult and slow. In contrast, now every office and business uses computers.  Places like stores, restaurants, offices, hospitals, police departments, airports, etc, use computers because computers can keep a lot of information which is organized in files or programs and easy to find in one place and in a short time. Besides, computers can control machinery and engines faster and efficiently than if someone has to do it personally. Also, computers have influenced our everyday life. Before the computers, for example, we use to buy things personally, by mail or by phone. But with computers, we can buy anything and request information about items that we want in short time and without the necessity of going to the stores.  Also, with computers we have the possibility of playing games, reading books, listening to music, watching movies, pictures, etc. in only one place and very fast without the necessity of going to different places. Furthermore, cars are equipped with computers such as, those that can inform us about the temperature, if the engine has a problem, open a window by pressing a button or finding a street. In addition, we can chat or e-mail someone wherever and whenever we want in a short time and with the certainty that this person has received our message and will have an answer very soon.      Otherwise, computers have changed the way that we can learn in school. We can use the computer as a word processor that is more comfortable and easier to use than a typewriter. With the computer, we can get a lot of information quickly from the Internet so we don’t have to go to the library and look for a lot of books. In addition, computers help us to keep a lot of information and process it quickly and them use it anytime. As you can see, there are some examples of how computers have changed our life and made it more comfortable and easy.\n\n\n\nhope  this  will  help  u
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Well in long run, it will save us money and save lots of trees.\nOf course, long interaction with computers and such brings disorders and diseases that we have not encountered.\nPerhaps it would increase in number of disorder/diseases related to:\ncancer\nnerve disorder\nColor blindness\nHearing problems\netc.
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Computers let us speed up our calculations first.  Then, some very samrt people found the way to make computers help organizing, comunicating and sharing information.  In today´s world, computers are the most essential component of any organization intended to run something bigger than a house.  They are everywhere and we have become dependent on them.
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- storage of large quantities of information\n- processing of otherwise daunting calculations\n- ease of and enhanced speed of communication\n- practical applications in medical and research fields\n- improvement in the quality of life in many areas\n\nThat's all I could think of for now.
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"Influence"? They won't really influence science.  Help would be a better description.  It takes a lot less time now to do many things by using the right tool.  The tool being a computer.  Things can be designed and crafted by use of a computer instead of drafting table, pencils and straight edges.  Of course, complex calculations enable many things to undergo a quality/feasibility check in "virtual reality" without building parts for a prototype only to find out a part was not labeled properly on hand drawn blueprints.\nPlus, it's so much nicer using a computer than it is to use a slide rule.  Computers [with the right software] handle the higher maths like calc a bit more effortlessly.
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Computers, and real estate offer a better life style. The average doctor has a debt of $100,000 in loans etc when he/she finishes school. With all of the changes in medicine, I'm not sure I'd do it again. It certainly has its positive sides but the negatives are huge too. Best wishes.
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When you take out the human factor, you can reduce errors. They may be expensive, but a malpractice lawsuit is REALLY expensive.\n\nHere is a good example. I used to work in a laboratory, and we use very specialized machines to test blood for abnormalities. Case in point, diabetes. Diabetes used to be tested for by tasting urine. If the urine was sweet, you had diabetes. If not, you were in the clear. Now we can test and determine the actual level of sugar in the blood. By knowing a quantitative result, or a number, rather than a qualitative result, a yes or no result, you can determine the course of treatment with better outcomes.\n\nIn addition to diagnostic work, computers and robots used in surgery make procedures less invasive and safer. This results in less complications, shorter hospital stays, and an overall a better experience for the patient. \n\nThere are alot of really good reasons for technology. Cost is always a factor, but in the long run it will result in better patient care and a healthier population. This will, in turn, cause insurance rates to drop or at least stabilize.\n\nHope this helps.
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Where the computers are. LOL. I work for the IT department in the hospital. There are always computers at the hospital. So try there. Hospitals will always be here. And they will always be up to date with the best software.
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computers and movies.
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Okay.  I'm Electrical and Computer Engineer, so I will admit to some bias.  However, it seems to me that you cannot be a competent Biomedical Engineer without some EE/CE knowledge.  \n\nMux -- a very common and basic electrionic component that selects from two or more inputs.  It seems to me that you would have many applications in patient monitoring, drug delivery, imaging, and prosthetic applications.  \n\nShift register -- a common implementation in digital signal processing applications.  For example, if you have a patient monitor that is supposed to alarm under certain conditions, the likely implementation of the signal processor would be using shift registers.\n\nMicroprocessors -- these are used as controllers in lab equipment, patient monitors, imaging systems, and, increasingly, in smart devices implanted in patients.\n\nFor biomedical engineering, you will need to understand signal processing, sampling, and control systems.  It seems that the subjects you are studying are directly related to these topics.\n\nHope this helps!
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Computers is a fiercely competitive profession!  The market is flooded with computer techs, at least over here they are.  My best friend's husband is working as a Security Guard and he was a computer tech.  I would go more into the medical profession, people are always sick.  But you must follow your heart no matter what it is you want to do because you will be miserable if you do something that is not for you.  Good Luck.
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This link is to the big company in that field that merged with the other early robotics for surgery company Computer Motion a few years ago. \nhttp://www.intuitivesurgical.com/index.aspx
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Today's world is a computer world because we rely on the computer to do everything, even to breathe. We use it for communication like this forum, we use it to help disabled people like me type by using voice recognition software. There is a program in my math class that we used to solve problems instead of doing it on paper. All sorts of stuff.