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Abstract

The bold vision of pervasive physiological monitoring, through proliferation of off-the-shelf wearables that began a decade ago, has created immense opportunities for precision medicine outside clinics and in ambulatory settings. Although significant progress has been made, several unmet needs remain; limited amount of data for training AI models in biomedical space, noise in the data and the lack of advanced sensors, paired with AI models, that provide important insights into actionable physiological trends.

This seminar presents several topics that coherently articulate on the vision and the opportunities of digital medicine for cardiovascular health. The seminar covers three pillars of digital medicine, i) advanced sensors, ii) signal processing and iii) context aware and personalized AI as it pertains to cardiovascular health. We will introduce several novel sensing paradigms using bio-impedance that leverage various types of electrodes and electronic tattoos enabling blood pressure measurement with clinical grade accuracy. We will discuss the notion of particle filters that provide a generalizable and robust paradigm for reducing the impact of noise. Finally, we will discuss the concept of digital twin for cardiovascular health, that will enhance the ability to extract actionable information in the context of several real-world applications. We offer insights into the future of technology development and the opportunities associated with creating novel sensors for AI in lieu of the current practice that creates AI for sensors.

Digital health and wearables will play a significant role in the future of medicine outside clinics. The future directions present opportunities both in short-term translational research efforts with direct influence on clinical practice as well as long-term foundational development of theories, computational frameworks and novel sensors combining human physiology, physics, computer science, engineering, and medicine, all aimed at impacting the health and wellbeing of our communities.