{"id":14833,"date":"2019-07-04T16:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T20:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=14833"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:23","slug":"technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/04\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology allows researchers to see patients\u2019 real-time pain while in the clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Man wearing neuro cap surrounded by clinicians, laptop with brain scan on monitor.\" class=\"wp-image-14836\"\/><figcaption>(Michigan News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. So U-M researchers have developed a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic\/\">technology to help clinicians \u201csee\u201d and map patient pain in real-time<\/a>, through special augmented reality glasses.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The portable platform combines visualization with brain data using neuroimaging to navigate through a patient\u2019s brain while they\u2019re in the chair. They tested the technology on 21 volunteer dental patients, however it is years away from widespread use in a clinical setting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very hard for us to measure and express our pain, including its expectation and associated anxiety,\u201d said <strong>Alex DaSilva<\/strong>, associate professor at the School of Dentistry and director of the Headache and Orofacial Pain Effort Lab. \u201cRight now, we have a one to 10 rating system, but that\u2019s far from a reliable and objective pain measurement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. So U-M researchers have developed a technology to help clinicians \u201csee\u201d and map patient pain in real-time, through special augmented reality glasses. The portable platform combines visualization with brain data using neuroimaging to navigate through a patient\u2019s brain while they\u2019re in the\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2019\/07\/04\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[699,21,51,128],"class_list":["post-14833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-dentistry","tag-innovation","tag-medical","tag-xr"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-e1563664286403.jpg",630,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-200x133.jpg",200,133,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-768x512.jpg",665,443,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-700x467.jpg",600,400,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-e1563664286403.jpg",630,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-e1563664286403.jpg",630,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-665x444.jpg",665,444,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/technology-allows-researchers-to-see-patients-real-time-pain-while-in-the-clinic-1024x683-e1563664286403.jpg",375,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Many patients, especially those who are anesthetized or emotionally challenged, cannot communicate precisely about their pain. 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