A Highly Accurate Stroke Detector
June 12, 2018 | Terry Sharrer
Even within the so-called “golden hour,” stroke detection currently gets low marks. But a California company claims to have a “visor” device that increases diagnostic accuracy to more than 90%. “The volumetric impedance phase shift spectroscopy (VIPS) device (“Cerebrotech VisorTM,” Cerebrotech Medical Systems, Pleasanton, CA) works by sending low-energy radio waves through the brain that change frequency when passing through fluids. Such waves are reflected back through the brain and then detected by the device. When a patient is having a severe stroke, the brain’s fluids will change, producing an asymmetry in the radio waves detected by the VIPS device. The greater the asymmetry, the more severe the stroke.” MORE
Image Credit: Cerebrotech Medical Systems