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• Biofuels and decision support a winner at KTH

  The Research Council has now taken a decision in the annual major call for contributions in natural and engineering sciences. 56 researchers at KTH will share a total of just over SEK 162 million during the next four years. Two of the areas receiving the most money are biofuels and decision support.

• This is how hidden skull injuries are detected

  It has taken 20 man-years to develop the new tool, which can detect hidden skull injuries. But it is time well invested. Each year, about 50,000 patients with trauma to the head or to the neck are taken care of, and there are several different types of injuries that either show diffuse symptoms or are difficult to analyze with current diagnostic methods. Using the new tool, it will now be faster to determine what sort of treatment is needed, and the decision taken will be better grounded and can therefore provide more quality care.

• Touchpads can be used for patient information

  When a cancer has been diagnosed, surgery is often urgently required. To quickly get an overview of the information available about a patient, it is not always adequate with case records and verbal communication. KTH researcher Kristina Groth, together with colleagues has developed a communication tool that runs on touchpads (such as Ipads) and which very quickly provides physicians with an overview of the situation.