A portable medical system for the early diagnosis and treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury

Author

Sjaaheim, Haldor ; Albert, Bruno ; Setchi, Rossitza ; Noyvirt, Alexandre ; Strisland, Frode

Author_Institution

Smartbrain AS, Oslo, Norway

fYear

2014

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

2529

Lastpage

2534

Abstract

Although Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is recognized as a major public health concern, there is currently no efficient method of fast and reliable detection of mild TBI at the point of need, where the injury has occurred. This paper addresses this problem by proposing a portable system for emergency TBI diagnosis and monitored personalized treatment based on quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) and High Definition transcranial Electrical Stimulation (HD-tES). The paper highlights three innovative elements of the proposed system: its architecture, communication framework, and diagnostic process for detecting TBI in emergency situations.

Keywords

electroencephalography; health care; injuries; medical diagnostic computing; medical signal processing; patient treatment; HD-tES; emergency TBI diagnosis; high definition transcranial electrical stimulation; mild TBI; portable medical system; public health; qEEG; quantitative electroencephalography; traumatic brain injury diagnosis; traumatic brain injury treatment; Brain injuries; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Feature extraction; Head; HD-tES; TBI; diagnostics; emergency care; medical device; qEEG;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMC.2014.6974307

Filename

6974307