NeuroTriage: dynamic, automated oculomotor testing to detect cognitive impairment

With a short test, it can detect subtle, but relevant, changes in neural control of movement following mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). Vulintus is developing NeuroTriage in the hope that it can speed the time to diagnosis of mTBI, decrease costs, detect more subtle neuropathologies that may require treatment and/or additional monitoring, and decrease radiation exposure from CT scans.

In fall of 2014 Vulintus, working with the Texas Biomedical Devices Center at UT-Dallas, demonstrated the feasibility of using NeuroTriage in the field, by instrumenting 3 high school football teams with NeuroTriage to track the neurological effects of concussive and sub-concussive impacts. Among ~65 consented and participating players, 6 were diagnosed with and treated for concussion as a result of play, and, following conventional diagnosis, were tested with NeuroTriage.