Neurological assessment in the blink of an eye?

Medical Express December 19, 2017 Company News

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Epub Dec. 12, 2017. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2017.2782669.”
The positions of the right (red) and left (blue) eyelids during a stimulated blink are tracked over time using image processing. The technique produces rapid, non-invasive, and objective measurements of blink parameters, making it a useful tool for assessing neurological function. Credit: Reproduced with permission from Tsai NT, et al, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Epub Dec. 12, 2017. doi: 10.1109/JTEHM.2017.2782669.

A novel technology developed by the Zucker Institute for Applied Neurosciences at the Medical University of South Carolina was able to measure the blink response comparably to electromyography in a validation study of ten healthy college students, according to an article published online on Dec. 12, 2017 by the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine. The blink response can be an important indicator of neurological status.

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