Brain "stress test" (IMAGE)

Keck School of Medicine of USC

Brain "stress test"

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Researchers developed a wearable device that can be used for non-invasive stroke risk assessment. The device uses speckle contrast optical spectroscopy to track changes in blood flow and volume in the brain during a breath-holding exercise. 

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Simon Mahler and Yu Xi Huang, California Institute of Technology

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