Maybe a possible use for detecting a stroke? But with no leadership or strategy we will never know about that possibility.
http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=163954&CultureCode=en
A new system has been developed to make it possible to run fast EEG
tests at accident scenes or in ambulances. Potential head traumas can be
assessed and action taken at an early stage.
Two footballers clash heads and one of them is left lying on the
pitch. How badly is the player hurt? Will he be able to carry on
playing?
The medical team rushes from the sidelines and carefully places a
helmet on the player's head. Shortly afterwards he is carried off the
pitch. A concussion has been established and he must be kept absolutely
still.
"Highly-paid players are under pressure to carry on playing", says
Frode Strisland at SINTEF. "But a concussion must be taken very
seriously. A player must take the time necessary to convalesce if he
wants to be ready to play again as quickly as possible", he says.
EEG at the scene
The Norwegian company Smartbrain, which works with EEG-based
diagnoses, came up with the idea to develop a portable system that could
detect concussion at an early stage so that the right treatment could
be given as soon as possible. With a patented idea for a new method of
running EEGs, the company launched an EU-funded project which has just
been completed.
"Our system, called EmerEEG, is special because it offers the
opportunity to run EEGs really quickly", says Haldor Sjåheim at
Smartbrain. "The diagnostics and outcomes for many patient groups in the
field of emergency medicine will be improved, especially in cases of
head trauma and strokes", he says. "Currently, we can't be sure of a
patient's status before some time has passed – when he or she has
arrived at the hospital. This can result in delayed injury and prolonged
periods of convalescence", he says.
Students at Oslo Architecture and Design College have been working on
the ergonomic aspects of the helmet and how it can be adapted for use
in ambulances and emergency situations. Ambulance personnel at the
Accident and Emergency clinic in Oslo who took part in the project were
positive to this innovation and said that it would help them with many
of the challenges they face.
Stimulation system
Professors Andrea Aantal and Walter Paulus from Gøttingen University
Hospital are also taking part in this EU project. Both are world leaders
in research into Transcranial Electrical Stimulation, which is a new
approach to neurostimulation being used to treat a variety of clinical
conditions and regulate brain activity.
Weak electrical stimulation using 32 electrodes makes it possible to
stimulate or suppress brain activity, and this may be of help in
treating conditions such as depression, tinnitus, migraine and speech
dysfunction following strokes.
No comments:
Post a Comment