在醫院和其它醫療機構經常發生跌倒事故。總部位於布魯塞爾的MintT公司開發了一種智能系統，該系統具有感測器、演算法和人工智慧，可實時發出警報並預測跌倒風險。
Falls occur regularly in hospitals and healthcare facilities. The Brussels-based company MintT has developed a smart system with sensors, algorithms and artificial intelligence that generates alerts in real time and anticipates fall risks.
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Medical Intelligence Technologies（MintT）成立於2015年，由一組運動分析軟體專家、一名護士和一名信號處理工程師組成。他們現在決定集中他們的知識、技能和經驗，逐步就跌倒檢測制定適當的解決方法。
這項技術不需要攝像頭，而是用一個感測器，它可以自主地傳輸房間里的形狀輪廓，就像一團團的小點。演算法和人工智慧分析原始信息並能識別地板、牆壁、傢具、床等。這項技術還可以檢測運動，例如一個人行走得快或慢，或可能正在跌倒。整個系統自動運行，但還需要有專業人員監督。該系統能實時發出警報，從而可以更快地提供幫助。這一方面能提高患者或住醫療機構的人的安全、護理質量、信心和自主性，另一方面也能讓醫護人員更安心，。此外，這還能使我們從跌倒事件中吸取教訓，以便在未來儘可能地預防這種事件。
MintT希望從2023年開始進入比利時和法國以外的其他國家，並將其業務擴展到家庭護理。
Medical Intelligence Technologies (MintT) was founded in 2015 by a team of motion analysis software specialists, a nurse and a signal processing engineer. They have now decided to pool their knowledge, skills and experience to gradually devise adequate solutions around fall detection.
There is no camera involved, but rather a sensor, which autonomously transmits the contours of shapes in a room like a cloud of dots. The algorithms and artificial intelligence analyse that raw information and recognise the floor, walls, furniture, the bed, etc. Movement can also be detected, for instance of a person walking, fast or slow, or possibly falling. The whole system runs automatically, albeit under the supervision of professionals. The system gives an alert in real time, which makes it possible to intervene much more quickly. This significantly improves the safety, quality of care, confidence and autonomy of patients or residents on the one hand, and the peace of mind of healthcare personnel on the other. It also allows us to learn from fall incidents and, as such, to prevent them as much as possible in the future.
MintT is hoping to move into other countries than Belgium and France starting in 2023 and to expand its business into home nursing.
