CONTENTS
4 Notes from the Chair
12 Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Using Image Processing of Brain Images
16 Securing the Signal: Cyber-Resilient ECGs in Modern Healthcare
19 Enhancing Neurosurgical Therapies and Techniques with Imaging and Image-Based Modelling
21 Clinical Engineers – Crossing the Digital Divide
22 From Theory to Practice
23 Advanced Monitoring on General Wards for the Continuum of Patient Care
24 TUS BSc in Medical Technology student’s Final Year Projects
28 OverseasReport: The challenges of running a rural hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
32 An Irishman Down Under
34 Industry Engagement Between University and Industry
37 Anatomage – A Bridge between Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Education
38 Optical Coherence Tomography Developments in Ophthalmology
40 Enhancing Safety and Efficiency in Critical Care Transfers
Notes from the Chair
Welcome to the Summer 2025 edition of Spectrum Journal. Once again, we have a great edition packed with informative and engaging articles from our peers in Ireland and abroad.
Our cover story (page 12) comes from Siju Thomas Thermadom, who highlights an interesting study that proposes an early diagnosis method for Alzheimer’s disease using Convolutional Neural networks (CNN) on structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data.
Meanwhile, on page 19 Caoimhe Byrne, examines the role of imaging for surgeons and neurologists, with a focus on its implementation for deep brain stimulation and research to enhance therapy; on page 21 Maebh Smith looks at the rapidly changing health technology environment and identifies some of the needs of the clinical engineering profession in this context; Mr Magdy Nasralla’ Abdalla and David Nasralla (our first father and son article) explore the development of OCT, its operational principles, recent updates, and future directions on page 38: and Fathima Rinza reports on the implementation of a new critical care transfer trolley in SVUH on page 40.
Focusing on our student community, Mairead Dennehy, offers an overview of some Final Year Projects completed by fourth year students in the Medical Technology programme at TUS in Limerick on page 24. And, on page 22, Kate Byrne reflects on her progression from undergraduate studies to her current role as a Clinical Engineering Technician at Blackrock Clinic.
From industry, Jay R. Shah and Mia Fleming of Fleming Medical explore how cybersecurity is reshaping biomedical engineering on page 16; Carlo Redaelli reviews the Anatomage Table and the benefits it offers on page 37; and Lili Alves at OxygenCare discusses the importance of wards and how they play a key role in the patient trajectory and are often responsible for long-term recovery and rehabilitation after acute care on page 23. Mairead
Dennehy also offers a case study with Norso Medical/Masimo to shine a light on engagement between university and industry on page 34.
Looking overseas, Dr Graham Fry, discusses the challenges of running a rural hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (page 28); while Sean McDonald provides some insights into working in Australia as a healthcare professional (page 32).
Don’t forget also that our next BEAI Annual Scientific Conference will be held in Limerick Racecourse, The conference will run over 1.5 days this year, starting on Thursday 25th of September with an early opening of the exhibition in the afternoon and a parallel workshop aiming directly at Medical Device Connectivity. We are also excited to host a social event on the Thursday night, before the main conference on Friday 26th September. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Eoghan Hayden, Chairperson, BEAI