New way to verify a concussion

[Gestalt]

Anyone catch the news item on a new way to check for concussions? I believe the doctor that came up with this equipment is located in Seattle. By looking at your eyes the machine can tell if your eyes are tracking together. When a person injures their brain their eyes will not track as a pair. The doctor likened it to the old cartoons that showed a character getting beaned and then their eyes would roll around.

In the testing so far this new machine can identify a concussion even if a scan shows clean. Sounds very promising.

[Bluey]

Yes, I saw it.

The doctors today do ask you to track a finger and can tell some from that.
Sounds like the program was more accurate.

[HorsesinHaiti]

How does it work if people with strabismus? That would be a complication with me.

[Bluey]

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How does it work if people with strabismus? That would be a complication with me.[/QUOTE]

It is the speed of the eyes that is used to diagnose the severity of the concussion damage, one tracks faster than the other, so you would be ok to be measured with that program.

[Chall]

Oh oh oh, that reminds me of the new cat scan GE has, so kool.
Look at the images it takes, and because it is computer driven you don’t have to lie so still, it can take pictures between heart beats and uses the programs to compute the dimensions together. It’s only in a Florida hospital on trial, but it’s amazing, to me.
http://www3.gehealthcare.com/en/Products/Categories/Computed_Tomography/Revolution_CT/Image_Gallery#tabs/tab9F51CA13D8E8452AB0ECF38614C8DBFC

[pezk]

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How does it work if people with strabismus? That would be a complication with me.[/QUOTE]

I ran into that problem with the DMV for an eye test. My opthalamogist said he sees it all the time. It depends where the finger is held, wrong focal length can cause your eyes to track wrong. Like the cartoon. Correct the focal length and the problem ceases.
Maybe the machine can take that condition into acct when trying to measure concussions. I know the DMV can’t.

[Paks]

Oh great I can move one eye at a time. That little trick is going to get me a few false positives

[Gestalt]

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Oh great I can move one eye at a time. That little trick is going to get me a few false positives[/QUOTE]

:lol:

[Bluey]

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Oh great I can move one eye at a time. That little trick is going to get me a few false positives[/QUOTE]

Just try not to get conked on the head.

[TheJenners]

Washington state is leading the way in TBI-related laws as well :yes:. We have the the Zackery Lystedt Law which prevents minors from returning to a sport after ANY head injury until cleared by a doctor, passed in I think 2008 or '09, and Seattle/Harborview is leading the way.

All very good! :yes: