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BRAIN DISORDERS AND DEMENTIA CARE
4
th
International Conference on
Neurosurg, an open access journal
ISSN: 2471-9633
T
he significant development of computer capacity during
the last two decades has made it possible to implement
various software programs having the capacity to better
understand the mechanical consequences following an
accident to the central nervous tissue. The next generation
of innovative images supporting clinical neuroscience is the
introduction of simulation technology. Among those should
be mentioned the finite element (FE) method or modeling
which goes back more than a hundred years. However, the
name finite element was initiated about 60 years ago. The
concept of NIBIE, a Non-Invasive Brain Injury Evaluation, is
a new technology for measuring and evaluating parameters
such as intracranial pressure and strain from CT and MRI
scans. The primary purpose of NIBIE is as a diagnostic
tool for screening of patients with TBI and observation of
intensive care patients with neurosurgical disorders such
as hematoma, edema or tumors. Stroke patients may as
well benefit from the method. By using numerical models
of the human brain it is possible to further optimize the
present treatments of diseases such as TBI. Finally, using
NIBIE in education of health care staffs all categories in the
new field of neuroengineering is of substantial importance
to better understand the consequences of diseases in the
central nervous system. NIBIE was created as a result of
an interdisciplinary collaborative research project between
engineers at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and
neurosurgeons at the Karolinska University Hospital in
Stockholm, Sweden.
Speaker Biography
Hans von Holst received his Medical Doctor’s degree in 1976 and Specialist in
Neurosurgery (1982) at Karolinska University Hospital. In 1985, he earned his PhD and
Associate Professorship in Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience at Karolinska Institute.
During 1991-1996, he was appointed as Chairman of the Dept. of Neurosurgery and
Division Manager of the Neuroclinics at Karolinska University Hospital, respectively. In
1995, he became Professor in Neuroengineering at the Royal Institute of Technology.
He has published around 140 original papers in reputed journals, reviews and books
and has been serving as an Editorial Board Member in several journals.
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hvh@cenesy.comThe concept of NIBIE in clinical Neuroscience
Hans von Holst
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Hans von Holst, Neurosurg 2017, 2:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-9633-C1-005