Portable Device Detects Early Alzheimer's

Video demonstating DETECT, a portable device developed by Georgia Tech and Emory University capable of detecting the earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, in any environment.

Background:

An Emory physician helped devise a tool to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer's. Called DETECT, the helmet device includes an LCD display in a visor, along with a computer and noise-reduction headphones. DETECT gives the patient a battery of words and pictures to assess cognitive abilities—reaction time and memory capabilities. The low-cost test takes approximately 10 minutes. The device was co-developed by emergency medicine physician David Wright, and Michelle LaPlaca, a scientist in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.

For More Information:

Portable Device Provides Quick, Inexpensive Detection of Early Alzheimer's (Press Release (1/16/08)
http://whsc.emory.edu/press_releases2.cfm?announcement_id_seq=12884

Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory
http://bme.gatech.edu/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• alzheimer's disease
• cognitive impairment
• alzheimer's testing
• emory university
• georgia tech
• atlanta
• dementia
• detect device
• testing alzheimer's

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