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Published on: 11/28/2007
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With many years experience in studying the rise and fall of pressure inside the heads of patients with severe head injuries, Professor Robert Allen and his team in the Signal Processing and Control Group at the University of Southampton's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research realised that in order to prevent brain damage what was needed was a method of anticipating changes in blood flow and particularly lack of flow.
Professor Allen and his team are using ultrasound to measure blood flow in the brain and to correlate the signal with the arterial blood pressure.
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Professor Allen and his team are working with colleagues at Southampton General Hospital to develop this research further and are currently testing their theories on groups of normal, healthy, volunteers.