Stanford’s Zhenan Bao has developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in a cockroach and identify letters in the Braille alphabet. Bao describes it as “a step toward making skin-like sensory...
Nathan Intratordiscussed epilepsy, AI and digital signal processingat ApplySci’s Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Silicon Valleyconference on February 26-27, 2018 at Stanford University:
UT Southwestern researchers are using EEG to determine whether an SSRI would effectively treat a person’s depression. Part of the EMBARCproject, the studytracked 300 depressed patients who were given an 8 week course of an...
Walter Greenleaf discussed medical applications of VR and AR technology at ApplySci’s Wearable Tech + Digital Health + Neurotech Silcon Valleyconference at Stanford University on February 26-27, 2018:
Shwetak Patel and UW colleagues have developed PupilScreen, an app that uses a phone’s camera to detect concussion from the pupil. The phone’s video camera and flash check the eye for its pupillary light...
Ed Boyden and MIT colleagues have developed a robotic system capable of monitoring specific neurons. An algorithm based on multiple image processing methods analyzes microscope images and guides a robotic arm to within 25...
Google has introduced a new depression screening feature. When the word “depression” is used in search, mobile users are offered a PHQ-9 questionnaire, which recognizes symptoms. A “Knowledge Panel” containing information and potential treatments appears...
In a recent study, Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui and Keith Black at Cedars-Sinai used a retina scan to detect amyloid-beta deposits, a predictor of Alzheimer’s disease, up to 20 years before symptoms. 16 Alzheimer’s patients drank...
Anant Madabhushi and Case Western colleagues have used machine learning to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease via imaging data in a small study. The goal is early intervention, which could potentially extend independence. 149 patients were...
MGH’s Brian Edlow and colleagues have completed a small study showing the efficacy of using fMRI and EEG in ICU TBI patients to detect consciousness. Previous research has suggested that up to 40% of conscious...