A specialised 'brain-wave cap', designed by researchers in The Netherlands, may be able to diagnose stroke patients while they are in an ambulance- thus allowing them to receive appropriate treatments more quickly.
Neurologist Coutinho, alongside technical physician Wouter Potters and radiologist Henk Marquering (both Amsterdam UMC), invented the brain-wave cap, which allows an electroencephalography (EEG) to be carried out in an ambulance. These brain-wave tests can ultimately show whether or not there is an ischaemic stroke present, and if the blocked cerebral blood vessel is large or small.
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