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Hand-held Imager Spots Brain Bleeds Fast
A multi-laboratory research team has developed a new proof-of-concept prototype that can quickly detect brain bleeds.
Device design (a) emits NIR light from one fiber and captures diffuse reflections in a number of fibers that lead to detectors. The detectors image where the dura wraps around the brain. When scanned over the head, the device shows no hematoma (b) and a hematoma (c).
From Biomed. Opt. Exp. 3, 192 (2012).
A multi-laboratory research team has developed a new proof-of-concept prototype that can quickly detect brain bleeds. The group, led by Jason D. Riley at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, recently published a paper that shows the handheld near-IR (NIR) imaging device can detect brain injuries when it is moved over the surface of the head (Biomed. Opt. Exp. 3, 192).
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