Mexican investigator develops software that “predicts” occurrences … – Science Today

In Ireland, there are six million and eight thousand of them are Mexican. The investigator Antonio Aguilar is one of them. Came to this European country to visit family and learn English, and decided to stay to finish the course in electronics engineering and continue with postgraduate studies. Four weeks ago he founded his own company medical software for hospitals

The company’s history began with his doctoral research:. A method to diagnose patients with high risk of sudden cardiac death. “I decided to focus on sudden cardiac death because it kills many people and it is very difficult to predict.”

The “trick” the algorithm

Hospital Galway in the center of the story

With a scholarship from a research institute in Galway, electronic engineers began developing the algorithm, that testing a patient, is to make it a record electrocardiogram and heart rate 15 minutes. The algorithm processes this information and analyzes with a statistical model if the patient is at risk of arrhythmia, which is the sign of sudden cardiac death.

“When there is less variability in the heart rate of a patient it indicates a problem . We studied the electrocardiogram of many patients who have diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases and heart rate variability is very different in diseased and healthy patients. Before suffering an arrhythmia a patient has certain patterns are detected and the heart rate variability is less . With this algorithm may “be provided” if the patient is going to have arrhythmia hours before it happened “.

Heart rate is very different in diseased and healthy

Investigator Mexican that part Network Talent chapter Ireland , used a base data of 400 patients to “prove” algorithm and diagnose patients with risk arrhythmia.

Although born in Irapuato , Guanajuato, Mexico, Antonio Aguilar lived in Acapulco , Guerrero, and Nuevo Laredo , Tamaulipas, where he studied the first year Engineering at the Institute Technology of Nuevo Laredo.

From tiny twists the computer

 “From nine years knew it would go to Science or computing . I studied Engineering , because I had to drop number , matemática.S Empre liked the computers, especially electronic and robots ” .

In Ireland happened to you “good time of the country’s economy “; and when I was in third year of study entered for working life n A Company development Software for Intel Motorola and other international companies .

With the algorithm can “introduced” an arrhythmia hours before succeeding

“Liked the way as worked and I was offered A position of Software Engineer , even Amtes end acarreira. The Company allowed me still study part-time. In 2003 finished career , the company closed the branch in Galway and a friend Swedish “hps” told me of a scholarship to do a Masters in Stockholm. I Accept at the Institute Real Technology , Sweden “.

He did his master’s in two years microelectronics focused on developing microprocessors. V oltou the Galway and called to the area of ​​developing health wireless networks in Hospital Galway and made an application to examine the records patient electronically.

One more bag

It all started here in Irapuato

There she worked as an engineer and developed software doctor. offered him a job as a researcher at DERI institute University National Ireland , Galway, where he labored three years and half with projects computer medical Supervisor told me that he had a scholarship to a PhD. I accepted the project to develop algorithm and diagnose patients sudden cardiac death “.

says Aguilar that Ireland long support Student and entrepreneurs – , and it is an example -. because from that date was at’à student had opportunities after opportunities