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Study combines neuroimaging with machine learning to predict, with 96% accuracy, whether high-risk 6‑month-old babies will develop autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by age 2

June 12, 2017 by SharpBrains

Researchers use brain imag­ing and machine learn­ing to pre­dict which high-risk infants will devel­op autism. Cred­it: Car­oli­na Insti­tute for Devel­op­men­tal Disabilities.

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A Sin­gle Brain Scan Has Been Used to Accu­rate­ly Pre­dict Autism at Just 6 Months Old (Sci­ence alert)

“Researchers have used brain scans and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence to spot dif­fer­ences in how key areas of infant brains syn­chro­nise, allow­ing them to accu­rate­ly pre­dict which babies would devel­op autism spec­trum dis­or­der (ASD) as a toddler…The research, led by sci­en­tists from the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na at  Chapel Hill and Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty, comes hot on the heels of an ear­li­er study that used two scans tak­en at 6 and 12 months to make a sim­i­lar prediction.

Not only has this new method reduced the num­ber of scans required to make the [Read more…] about Study com­bines neu­roimag­ing with machine learn­ing to pre­dict, with 96% accu­ra­cy, whether high-risk 6‑month-old babies will devel­op autism spec­trum dis­or­der (ASD) by age 2

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Education & Lifelong Learning, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: artificial intelligence, ASD, autism, autism diagnosis, autism spectrum disorder, brain-function, brain-scans, disorder, high-risk, machine-learning, magnetic resonance imaging, Neurodevelopmental, neurodevelopmental disorder, neuroimaging

The future of EEG-based personal devices monitoring brain function: Key neurotechnology patent #26

March 6, 2017 by SharpBrains

medical communication device
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902

Today we high­light a very inter­est­ing 2006 patent assigned to Phillips and Accen­ture — who have been col­lab­o­rat­ing  to devel­op soft­ware for EEG-based oper­a­tion of home appli­ances to aid patients suf­fer­ing from neu­ro­gen­er­a­tive dis­eases such as ALS (amy­otroph­ic lat­er­al sclerosis).

U.S. Patent No. 7,138,902: Per­son­al med­ical com­mu­ni­ca­tion device and system

  • Assignee(s): Phillips, Accenture
  • Inventor(s): Ray­mond J. Menard
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: EEG
  • Issue Date: Novem­ber 21, 2006

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘902 patent relates to tech­niques and sys­tems for per­son­al med­ical devices, evi­denc­ing the trend (as described in Back­ground of the Spec­i­fi­ca­tion) of the expan­sion of med­ical ser­vice deliv­ery from strict­ly with­in med­ical cen­ters into the homes and/or mobile lifestyles of patients. [Read more…] about The future of EEG-based per­son­al devices mon­i­tor­ing brain func­tion: Key neu­rotech­nol­o­gy patent #26

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Accenture, ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain data, Brain Monitoring, brain-function, EEG, EEG detectors, neuro-technology, neurogenerative diseases, patent, Phillips

Brain stimulation using magnetic fields: Key Neurotech Patent #12

February 14, 2017 by SharpBrains

Magnetic-field-stimulation
– Illus­tra­tive image from U.S. Patent No. 6,572,528

Today we are dis­cussing a 2003 patent, assigned to McLean Hos­pi­tal, pio­neer­ing brain stim­u­la­tion techniques.

U.S. Patent No. 6,572,528: Mag­net­ic field stim­u­la­tion techniques

  • Assignee(s): McLean Hospital
  • Inventor(s): Michael L. Rohan, Aimee Par­row, Per­ry F. Renshaw
  • Tech­nol­o­gy Cat­e­go­ry: Hybrid
  • Issue Date: June 3, 2003

SharpBrains’ Take:

The ‘528 patent dis­clos­es mag­net­ic stim­u­la­tion tech­niques for enhanc­ing brain func­tion with a vari­ety of stim­u­la­tion tech­niques. [Read more…] about Brain stim­u­la­tion using mag­net­ic fields: Key Neu­rotech Patent #12

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Peak Performance, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: brain-function, brain-stimulation, cognitive--disorders, enhance brain function, magnetic, Magnetic field stimulation, McLean Hospital, neural stimulation, neuro-technology, patent

Learn more about the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit (December 6–8th)

October 4, 2016 by Alvaro Fernandez

“The Sharp­Brains Sum­mit is unique in its impres­sive abil­i­ty to unite a diverse col­lec­tion of cut­ting-edge thinkers in a vir­tu­al con­fer­ence that is shared glob­al­ly with­out a hitch.” — Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of the Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter at UCSF

[Read more…] about Learn more about the 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Decem­ber 6–8th)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: Applied Neuroscience, big data, brain-development, Brain-Fitness, brain-function, Brain-health, digital age, digital health, Lifelong Neuroplasticity, neuroplasticity

Reinventing brain health via new ways to assess and enhance brain function across the lifespan

August 16, 2016 by SharpBrains

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Dur­ing this 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit ses­sion, we explored new ways to assess and enhance brain func­tion via mobile devices and wear­ables, led by Corin­na E. Lath­an, Founder and CEO of Anthro­Tron­ix, Eddie Mar­tucci, VP Research & Devel­op­ment at Akili Inter­ac­tive Labs, Alex Doman, Co-Founder of Sleep Genius, Joan Sev­er­son, Pres­i­dent of Dig­i­tal Arte­facts, and Kei­th Epstein, Senior Strate­gic Advi­sor at AARP.

–> Learn more & Reg­is­ter to par­tic­i­pate at the upcom­ing 2016 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit: Rein­vent­ing Brain Health (Decem­ber 6–8th, 2016)

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health, Technology & Innovation Tagged With: assess brain function, brain-function, Brain-health, enhance brain function, innovation, Reinventing

Brain scan study finds links between adolescent brain development and mental health disorders

August 3, 2016 by SharpBrains

– “Brain hubs”, cour­tesy of Uni­ver­si­ty of Cambridge

Scans reveal how teenage brain devel­ops (BBC News):

“The team from Cam­bridge’s depart­ment of psy­chi­a­try scanned the brains of 300 peo­ple between the ages of 14 and 24. While the areas asso­ci­at­ed with the basic func­tion­ing of the body such as vision, hear­ing and move­ment are ful­ly devel­oped by ado­les­cence, the areas asso­ci­at­ed with com­plex thought and deci­sion mak­ing are still chang­ing [Read more…] about Brain scan study finds links between ado­les­cent brain devel­op­ment and men­tal health disorders

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Filed Under: Brain/ Mental Health Tagged With: adolescence, brain, brain-function, mental-illness, psychiatry, teenage, teenage-brain

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