Scientists developing way to detect brain injuries
By Greg Kline
Sunday May 4, 2008
Darrell Hoemann
University of Illlinois Professor Kenneth Watkin with a miniature circuit board and tiny processor being used to develop technology for detecting traumatic brain injury, at his lab in Urbana.
Soldiers can walk away from the battlefield with no visible wounds but still be suffering from traumatic brain injuries that might haunt them later even if they don't, as is also possible, immediately become a problem in combat.
Hidden injuries imposed on the brain by exposure to the high-pressure shock waves of explosives – a particular problem in Iraq and Afghanistan, where rocket attacks and improvised explosive devices are prominent features of the conflicts – can leave military personnel disoriented.
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