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ArticleScience advances2023

Window into the mind: Advanced handheld spectroscopic eye-safe technology for point-of-care neurodiagnostic.

Carl Banbury, Georgia Harris, Michael Clancy, Richard J Blanch, Jonathan James Stanley Rickard, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Carl BanburySchool of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0009-0007-3587-3265
Georgia HarrisSchool of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8826-7057
Michael ClancySchool of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Richard J BlanchDepartment of Military Surgery and Trauma, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6142-3280
Jonathan James Stanley RickardDepartment of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5423-9979
Pola Goldberg OppenheimerSchool of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1014-4724
University of Birmingham · GBMinistry of Justice · GBUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is hard to diagnose at the point of care with patients often exhibiting no clinical symptoms. There is an urgent need for rapid point-of-care diagnostics to enable timely intervention. We have developed a technology for rapid acquisition of molecular fingerprints of TBI biochemistry to safely measure proxies for cerebral injury through the eye, providing a path toward noninvasive point-of-care neurodiagnostics using simultaneous Raman spectroscopy and fundus imaging of the neuroretina. Detection of endogenous neuromarkers in porcine eyes' posterior revealed enhancement of high-wave number bands, clearly distinguishing TBI and healthy cohorts, classified via artificial neural network algorithm for automated data interpretation. Clinically, translating into reduced specialist support, this markedly improves the speed of diagnosis. Designed as a hand-held cost-effective technology, it can allow clinicians to rapidly assess TBI at the point of care and identify long-term changes in brain biochemistry in acute or chronic neurodiseases.

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticPoint-of-Care SystemsAnimalsBrainHumansPoint-of-Care TestingSpectrum Analysis, RamanSwine

Identifiers

PMID37967190
PMCPMC10651125
OpenAlexW4388711638

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