Dec 7, 2017
Electronic 'Nose' Offers Rapid Epilepsy Diagnosis
“WASHINGTON, DC — An electronic “nose” that measures various compounds in exhaled breath reliably distinguishes patients with epilepsy from controls, new research shows.The noninvasive diagnostic tool is faster, less costly, and less invasive than electroencephalography (EEG) — the standard technique to diagnose epilepsy. Patients simply insert a small hand-held device into their mouth and breath into it for 5 minutes.“ Has anyone seen or heard of this? I gotta check with my neuro about it. I wonder if the “breath print” is the same thing that trained seizure dogs can smell.
