With Hopes of Helping Paralyzed Patients Regain Movement, Intel and Brown University Deploy AI
03 Outubro 2019 - 10:00AM
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Researchers from Brown University and
Intel begin work on a study using artificial intelligence
technology to help patients paralyzed by severe spinal cord
injuries. (Credit: Intel Corporation)
What’s New: Intel and Brown University today began work
on a DARPA-funded Intelligent Spine Interface project that aims to
use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to restore movement and
bladder control for patients paralyzed by severe spinal cord
injuries.
“As a Ph.D. student at Brown, I investigated
how to interface the brain with machines as an application. Now at
Intel, we’re combining our AI expertise with Brown University’s
cutting-edge medical research to help solve a critical medical
problem: how to reconnect the brain and spine after a major spinal
injury.” –Naveen Rao, Intel corporate vice president and general
manager of the AI Products Group
How It Works: During the two-year program, researchers
will record motor and sensory signals from the spinal cord and use
artificial neural networks to learn how to stimulate the
post-injury site to communicate motor commands. Surgeons at Rhode
Island Hospital near Brown University will implant electrode arrays
on both ends of a patient’s injury site, creating an intelligent
bypass to eventually allow the severed nerves to communicate in
real time. Researchers will leverage both Intel AI open source
software such as nGraph and Intel AI accelerator hardware to meet
the real-time requirements of this application.
“A spinal cord injury is devastating, and little is known about
how remaining circuits around the injury may be leveraged to
support rehabilitation and restoration of lost function. Listening
for the first time to the spinal circuits around the injury and
then taking action in real time with Intel’s combined AI hardware
and software solutions will uncover new knowledge about the spinal
cord and accelerate innovation toward new therapies,” said David
Borton, assistant professor of engineering, Brown University.
Why It Matters: The human body is unable to regenerate
severed nerve fibers. In the case of a severe spinal injury, the
brain’s electrical commands will no longer reach the muscles, which
can lead to paralysis. The National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical
Center estimates there are 291,000 people with spinal cord injuries
living in the United States, with more than 17,000 new cases each
year. Over 30 percent of those spinal cord injuries result in
complete tetraplegia or paraplegia.
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