Grant: Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

In this proposal we aim to investigate the use of optical imaging and electroencephalography (EEG) to monitor brain function in the intensive care unit. While each technique independently only partially informs on brain status, we will investigate here the benefits of combining the monitoring of brain activity with EEG with the ability of near-infrared spectroscopy to measure blood volume and oxygenation. This work will develop both an apparatus adapted for the intensive care unit and algorithms to generate alarms to inform clinicians of pathological events. A pilot study in a group of patients will be undertaken to validate the system.