Peder C. Pedersen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office: Atwater Kent, Rm 205
Phone: +1-508-831-5641
Fax: +1-508-831-5491
pedersen@ece.wpi.edu
Areas of expertise
- Real-time video streaming over wireless networks
- Image analysis, such as area and healing status of chronic ulcers
- Mobile ultrasound systems
- Low-cost mobile ultrasound training systems Interest areas in healthcare
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- Personal ultrasound training systems
- Mobile technologies, for healthcare decentralization
- Patient-empowering technologies
- Healthcare technologies for developing countries
Current healthcare projects
- Low-cost, personal ultrasound training simulator
- Smart phone-based wound image analysis for diabetic patients
- Real-time streaming of ultrasound and exam camera video over wireless networks
- Quantitative ultrasound elastography
- Non-invasive ultrasound technique for plaque classification
Future aspirations
Strive towards earlier diagnosis and better treatment and disease monitoring through a combination of skills training simulators, wireless technology, remote consultation, and intelligent image analysis. This can provide wider distribution of clinical competence, patient empowerment with improved outcomes, along with cost-containment.
