CEREBO: An Indigenous Diagnostic Tool to Tackle India's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Burden UPSC NOTE

  CEREBO: An Indigenous Diagnostic Tool to Tackle India's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Burden UPSC Relevance Prelims: Science and Techn...

 CEREBO: An Indigenous Diagnostic Tool to Tackle India's Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Burden

UPSC Relevance

• Prelims: Science and Technology - Developments and their applications and effects in everyday life (Health Tech, AI); Government Policies and Interventions; National Bodies (ICMR).

• Mains:

• General Studies Paper 2: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health.

• General Studies Paper 3: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life; Achievements of Indians in science & technology; Indigenization of technology and developing new technology.

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Key Highlights from the News

• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) introduced CEREBO, a newly developed indigenous device to quickly detect Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI).

• It is a hand-held, portable, non-invasive device that can be used in rural and emergency situations where CT, MRI scans are not available.

• It uses modern technologies like Near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning.

• Its key features include: radiation-free, low-cost, easy to use, and provides results within one minute.

• It can quickly detect intracranial bleeding and edema within the brain.

In India, TBI deaths due to Road traffic injuries are very high. Accurate diagnosis in the first few hours after the accident is crucial to reduce mortality and disabilities.

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