VR headset can detect brain injuries

Good news for football players and motorcyclists: a new VR headset called DETECT (for "display enhanced testing for concussion and mild traumatic brain injury"), being tested at Georgia Tech and Emory University, can tell you whether you have a concussion after a head injury in just seven minutes. Just put on the headset, pick up a joystick and run through a battery of tests designed to track reaction times, memory and other functions that could indicate brain injuries. Of course, if you've just been tackled and feel a little woozy, it might be a good idea to have someone else evaluate the results if you're going to use this to self-diagnose. (All kidding aside, the DETECT — which is expected to be commercialized in 3-5 years — could be a valuable diagnostic tool for EMS workers and others who deal with serious head injuries. But we'd still rather rag on football players.)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

"rag on football players."

As long as your out of reach...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

How do they get DETECT out of "display enhanced testing for concussion and mild traumatic brain injury"? I mean, I've seen some odd acronyms, but this just doesn't make sense...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

I know that lady in the picture, she's the worst professor of all time. I would not trust her with my brain's VR data; she would probably leak it to the internets.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

I go to Tech and am a student in biomedical engineering, concentrating in NeuroEngineering. The acronym came from Display Enhanced Testing for Concussions and mTBI. Traumatic Brain Injury is usually just abbreviated TBI.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

I�d rag too

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

It's always nice when Tech gets an engadget entry.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:38AM]

where i can find "DETECT" for testing .

thank's

JB M