Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Identification and Monitoring Through Retional Scanning
Rebiscan, Inc.
Summary
Rebion has developed a device, the Rebion trauma tool (referred to as the head and intraocular trauma tool, or "HITT"), that detects ocular fixation and alignment using a binocular retinal scan. Preliminary data obtained from hospitalized patients with a clinically-confirmed traumatic brain injury (TBI) and uninjured controls indicates that the device can detect changes in ocular fixation, alignment, and saccades that are related to brain injury. This study seeks to evaluate the ability of the Rebion trauma tool to assess perturbations in eye movements resulting from TBI. The study will enroll 60 TBI patients and 20 controls.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–45 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age 18-45 years 2. Presents to the facility within 2 weeks of head trauma 3. Able to provide informed consent * If minor, then able to provide parental consent and minor consent 4. Able to participate in the examination, including the ability to follow simple instructions 5. Fluency in English or Spanish Exclusion Criteria: 1. Glasgow Coma Scale score equal to or less than 13 at the time of study enrollment 2. Under the influence of alcohol or drugs 3. Previous eye surgery 4. Visual acuity known to be 20/200 or less in either eye 5. Known strabismus, amblyopia (la…
Interventions
- DeviceHead and Intraocular Trauma Tool
HITT device to scan the eyes of participants up to 3 times (\~45 seconds each) at the time of admittance to study. The participant is to place the chin in the chin-rest and fixate on the illuminated light on the device.
Location
- Boston Medical Center Concussion Clinic, Ryan Center for Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation at Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts