Alzheimer Disease
Innovative Brain Scanning for Alzheimer's Screening Unveiled
Published in Medical Device Business Week, February 6th, 2008
Researchers at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are launching an Alzheimer's screening clinical trial with Neuronetrix's innovative brain scanning system, called COGNISION(TM). The study will involve brainwave assessments using a technology called event-related potentials (ERP's). The study is expected to validate the performance of the COGNISION(TM) system and to demonstrate the system's applicability in a primary care setting. Up to 100 Alzheimer sufferers and controls will participate over the next 6-12 months.
During the study patients will wear a sophisticated electronic headset which will record brain activity in response to an auditory...
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