Researchers coming from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization or CSIRO's Data61 have developed a new implantable artificial intelligence that is able to monitor and detect seizures through a helmet system. This helmet system is designed to prevent seizure disorders for particular patients that have been able to undergo decompressive brain surgery.
CSIRO Data61 brain activity monitorization
According to ZDNet, the particular detection system has been both developed and trained in using traumatic brain injury data from the Monash University in order to monitor certain brain activity for seizures. The brain activity for seizures will be monitored while still in standby mode even before it is then reactivated once a seizure is detected.
According to CSIRO Data61's official website, using wireless communication technology, the helmet will be able to transfer any particular collected data to a healthcare practitioner. CSIRO Data61 researcher known as Dr. Umut Guveno announced that one in three different Australians are more likely to develop these chronic epilepsy due to the given high frequency of the seizures. It was also stated that he believed that developing this particularly new system could actually potentially reduce that number.
Defense against developing epilepsy
Monitoring post-surgery brain activity is especially critical to a patient's recovery as seizures are said to regularly occur which can lead patients to developing epilepsy. These seizures are oftentimes difficult to detect. With the current monitoring techniques, that is only able to be utilized in the hospital by the use of bulky devices for only less than just 24 hours, providing just a short snapshot of given brain activity during that period of time.
This new method will continuously monitor certain brain activity through wireless means which will allow patients to experience a more mobile, comfortable, and even a more socially active environment. Data61 senior research engineer Peter Marendy also added that the helmet will allow clinicians to monitor brain activity in real-life. This will be done instead of relying on the current more bulky brain monitoring systems that are said to only exist within given hospital environments.
Future impact of this technology
The statement also mentioned that the information provided by these implants can used to inform clinicians about the patient's brain activity. This should also be able to inform decisions when it comes to administering the given drugs. The combination of surgery time, brain swelling, and also patient outcome data will enable even further study on the ideal time needed to perform a reconstructive cranioplasty to be able to achieve the best outcome.
The researchers will reportedly influence the future of general medical decisions. This comes as not just a technologic milestone but also a medical one as the new approach will be able to reportedly save numerous lives once fully applicable to a much larger scale.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
