Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States.
Principal Investigator(s)
Dr. Shawn Blumberg
Funded by
SwRI
Southwest Research Institute has developed an efficient, fully synthetic method to produce scopolamine, a plant-derived compound used to prevent nausea and vomiting from motion sickness and anesthesia. The accomplishment marks the first time SwRI has fully synthesized a drug compound that is naturally derived from plants.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States.
Principal Investigator(s)
Koen Flores
Funded by
SwRI
Diagnostic errors committed by radiologists can have serious consequences on patient outcomes. These diagnostic errors have considerable impact in the field of oncology as most errors occur during radiological diagnosis. Radiologist fatigue is widely accepted as a significant contributor to diagnostic errors and is expected to increase as physician workloads have climbed in recent years. Both eye gaze and speech patterns have been studied to identify possible indicators of fatigue outside the field of radiology.
