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Medical Equipment and Monitoring

Various medical technologies and lab equipment in use, featuring screens displaying data and professionals engaged in analysis. The mood is clinical and focused on patient health.

Rear view of a male doctor looking at a MRI machine

SAN DIEGO (Aug. 3, 2020) Lorie Falaminiano, an MRI technologist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), conducts an MRI scan of a patient's brain at the hospital, Aug. 3, 2020. NMCSD continues to treat patients during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic while its Sailors and staff adhere to social-distancing guidelines. NMCSDs mission is to prepare service members to deploy in support of operational forces, deliver high quality healthcare services, and shape the future of military medicine through education, training, and research. NMCSD employs more than 6,000 active duty military personnel, civilians, and contractors in Southern California to provide patients with world-class care anytime, anywhere.

Female doctor examining an X-Ray image of patient

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Woman optometrist, retina and medical computer for eye analysis, research or lens test diagnosis. Optician, technology and muslim doctor monitor screen of cataract, vision analytics or health anatomy

Doctor with MRIs and Heart Line

Internal students in digestive surgery train on a Lap Sim simulation device for surgical procedures. Students should tie a knot using surgical instruments.

Senior man having eye test.

U.S. Navy LT Sohail Siddique, Medical Officer, USS COMSTOCK (LSD-45), examines an x-ray of a patient's foot during a casualty drill onboard the ship. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Close up of homeopathic medicine and carved bust with acupuncture diagram

Doctors use maps a lot to locate victims and identify the best way to access them.

Electroencephalogram (EEG) on a 4-year old girl. Epilepsy tracing on the screen.

Reportage in a hearing care professional practice. Calibrating the hearing aid.

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Reportage in the sleep laboratory at Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic. Carrying out a polysomnography exam over night. Polysomnography consists of recording, during sleep, several physiological variables in order to determine certain sleep disorders. Checking the patients vital signs recorded by sensors then transmitted via the recording device. Checking that everything is working.

Telemedicine room at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Doctors at Walter Reed are able to transmit advice by computer and satellite to Army doctors in the field around the world.

Dental Technician 2nd Class Menard confirms patient appointments at the NAS, Whidbey Island dental clinic. Base: Naval Air Station Whidbey Island State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lt. Col. Teresa Finnila, officer in charge at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center(LRMC) Mammography Department, reviews mammogram images as part of routine screening, Oct. 6. Women ages 20 and older are encouraged to conduct breast self-examinations monthly. Routine breast screenings by a doctor are also recommended.

Reportage in the Chrysalide wellness centre in France that specialises in chromotherapy. At the beginning of each course of treatment, the patients go through a series of tests using Chromolab, a software programme developed by Dr Dominique Bourdin and his team. The tests help target colours to be used during the treatment.

Medical training, Patient simulator, SimMan 3G®, plateform iLumens, Paris-Descartes university.

A screen shot from Walter Reed Bethesda's hub in the Joint Tele-Critical Care Network shows how it can connect with Naval Medical Center San Diego as part of the JTCCN. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center opened its hub in the JTCCN May 25. The JTCCN is a tele-critical care platform created by Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) with intensivists privileged via the Virtual Medical Center Front Office to treat critically-ill patients at military treatment facilities (MTFs) throughout the Military Health System (MHS). JTCCN meets most accreditation requirements for access to critical care physicians and critical care expertise, explained Army Maj. (Dr.) Nikhil Huprikar, chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Service at WRNMMC.

Transthoracic echocardiography allows the heart to be seen in motion using ultrasound. It also allows blood flow within the heart to be seen.

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A medical technician studies slides. Country: Philippines (PHL)

A hospital corpsman conducts a test in the chemical analysis laboratory aboard the hospital ship USNS MERCY (T-AH-19). The ship is visiting various ports in the Philippines during the first phase of its five-month humanitarian medical service and training mission. While in the Philippines, U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force medical personnel embarked aboard the MERCY are providing treatment for indigent Filipinos, both ashore and aboard ship. Country: Philippines (PHL)

Portrait Dr. Terry Holst.

Installation of a Holter ECG in a 40-year-old patient. Examination intended to highlight a heart rhythm disorder. Recorded data playback software. (Photo by: Pascal Bachelet/BSIP/UIG)

Installation of a Holter ECG in a 40-year-old patient. Examination intended to highlight a heart rhythm disorder. Recorded data playback software

Medical personnel study a graph print-out at Naval Hospital, San Diego. Base: San Diego State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GE (General Electric) Healthcare's stand at Medica 2007, world's biggest trade show for medical equipment and technologies, Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

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