MALVERN, Pa., Feb. 15, 2008 - Siemens Medical Solutions, USA Inc. will support the joint efforts of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Human Effectiveness Directorate and Kettering Health Network (KHN) in Ohio by making the Kettering Medical Center (KMC) a research site for its latest medical imaging technology.
The AFRL will share state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment with KMC, while the University of Dayton Research Institute will support the effort with physicists and other experts.
The four institutions are working together on a human effectiveness study aimed at predicting the effects of fatigue and identifying those people who are least likely to suffer negative effects from sleep deprivation. In addition, they will work to advance imaging techniques and seek individualized diagnostic and treatment options for people in poor health.
Another collaborator, Qbase, an Ohio-based data mining company, will be participating in this initiative in its future stages. Personnel and equipment are expected to be in place by June.
Physicists and support staff will be employed to spearhead this collaborative effort and will work out of the Wallace-Kettering Neuroscience Institute on the KMC campus. The project could lead to additional jobs within Kettering, but better productivity and safety are expected to be the primary benefits.
