Health Destination

Asia’s major medical tourism hub: Thailand

The Thai pharmaceutical market, valued at $4 billion in 2012, is the largest in Southeast Asia. By 2020, this value is expected to increase to $9 billion. The Thai economy is the world's 20th largest by GDP at PPP and the 27th largest by nominal GDP and became a newly industrialized country and a major exporter in the 1990s. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy. Formerly known as Siam, the Kingdom of Thailand is a country…

Technology

Osso VR validates Virtual Reality training platform

Osso VR is a validated virtual reality surgical training platform designed for surgeons, sales teams, and hospital staff of all skill levels. The product offers highly realistic hand-based interactions in immersive training environments that contain the latest, cutting edge procedures and technology. Osso VR offers highly realistic hand-based interactions in immersive training environments that contain the latest, cutting edge procedures and technology Educating surgeons is progressively becoming more difficult due to a phenomenon called the 'training gap'. This gap is…

Features

Non-grid bedside chest imaging

With a wide range of products, Agfa Healthcare constantly aims to improve image quality and workflow using fractional multi-scale image processing, explains the latest white paper Fractional Multiscale Processing (FMP) is the new mathematical substructure of Agfa HealthCare's image processing software, which further decomposes image components into elementary fractions for separate processing. FMP results in a more accurate multi-scale enhancement model, a balanced participation of all filter kernel pixels in the enhancement process, and better preservation of low-contrast details next…

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Healthy outlook for GCC healthcare industry

Alpen Capital's latest report forecasts steady growth for the GCC healthcare industry as the region's Current Healthcare Expenditure (CHE) is projected to reach US$104.6 billion in 2022. Technology will remain the core factor in upgrading the GCC healthcare sector over the coming years. Technologies such as electronic health records, e-visits, telemedicine, connected medical devices, robotic procedures, health monitoring wearables and health analytics are gaining acceptance in the region. Alpen Capital recently announced the publication of its GCC Healthcare Industry report,…