IBM Case Studies INFANT: Enabling life-saving care for newborns by pioneering a novel method to help detect neurological problems

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INFANT: Enabling life-saving care for newborns by pioneering a novel method to help detect neurological problems

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Machine Learning Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Predictive Quality Analytics Remote Patient Monitoring
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Data Science Services
Challenge	Newborn babies, especially those born prematurely or who suffer a difficult labor or a stroke, can have neurological problems that are difficult to detect. Seizures can be one symptom of neurological dysfunction, and if not treated quickly, may cause further damage to the infant’s brain. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) can help detect these problems, but there are only a limited number of neurophysiologists in the world who have the expertise to reliably interpret neonatal EEG data and use it to monitor brain activity. This is a particular problem for newborns with neurological problems, which can be relatively common in babies that are born prematurely or suffer a difficult labor or a stroke. Seizures can be one symptom of neurological dysfunction – and when not treated quickly, may cause further damage to the infant’s brain. Read More
About Customer	The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) at University College Cork (UCC) is a world-leading perinatal research center funded by Science Foundation Ireland and hosted at the Cork University Maternity Hospital. Its primary purpose is to develop innovations and technologies in perinatal healthcare, with the aim of improving treatment and care for pregnant mothers and newborn babies. INFANT is developing a critical-care neuromonitoring system known as “Babylink” – a real-time streaming decision support platform for newborn EEG analysis. The platform supporting Babylink is IBM® InfoSphere® Streams software alongside network-enabled Component Neuromonitoring System (CNS) monitoring devices from IBM Business Partner Moberg Research, Inc. Read More
Solution	The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) is developing a critical-care neuromonitoring system known as “Babylink” – a real-time streaming decision support platform for newborn EEG analysis. Babylink captures streaming EEG waveform and vital-sign data from sensors placed on the baby’s body and applies algorithms developed by the INFANT center for realtime detection of neurological problems. These are machine-learning algorithms that automatically pre-process EEG and other waveforms and detect, analyze and classify events such as seizures using data from a historical database of known events. The platform supporting Babylink is IBM® InfoSphere® Streams software alongside network-enabled Component Neuromonitoring System (CNS) monitoring devices from IBM Business Partner Moberg Research, Inc. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Machine Learning

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Predictive Quality Analytics

Remote Patient Monitoring

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Data Science Services

Challenge

Newborn babies, especially those born prematurely or who suffer a difficult labor or a stroke, can have neurological problems that are difficult to detect. Seizures can be one symptom of neurological dysfunction, and if not treated quickly, may cause further damage to the infant’s brain. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) can help detect these problems, but there are only a limited number of neurophysiologists in the world who have the expertise to reliably interpret neonatal EEG data and use it to monitor brain activity. This is a particular problem for newborns with neurological problems, which can be relatively common in babies that are born prematurely or suffer a difficult labor or a stroke. Seizures can be one symptom of neurological dysfunction – and when not treated quickly, may cause further damage to the infant’s brain.

About Customer

The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) at University College Cork (UCC) is a world-leading perinatal research center funded by Science Foundation Ireland and hosted at the Cork University Maternity Hospital. Its primary purpose is to develop innovations and technologies in perinatal healthcare, with the aim of improving treatment and care for pregnant mothers and newborn babies. INFANT is developing a critical-care neuromonitoring system known as “Babylink” – a real-time streaming decision support platform for newborn EEG analysis. The platform supporting Babylink is IBM® InfoSphere® Streams software alongside network-enabled Component Neuromonitoring System (CNS) monitoring devices from IBM Business Partner Moberg Research, Inc.

Solution

The Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT) is developing a critical-care neuromonitoring system known as “Babylink” – a real-time streaming decision support platform for newborn EEG analysis. Babylink captures streaming EEG waveform and vital-sign data from sensors placed on the baby’s body and applies algorithms developed by the INFANT center for realtime detection of neurological problems. These are machine-learning algorithms that automatically pre-process EEG and other waveforms and detect, analyze and classify events such as seizures using data from a historical database of known events. The platform supporting Babylink is IBM® InfoSphere® Streams software alongside network-enabled Component Neuromonitoring System (CNS) monitoring devices from IBM Business Partner Moberg Research, Inc.

Impact #1	Babylink provides alerts for possible neurological problems in real-time, harnessing the data available and using it to its full potential to support better outcomes for newborns.
Impact #2	By supplementing the expertise of highly trained neurophysiologists, Babylink will help resources go further, reducing pressure on already over-stretched neurophysiologists who cannot meet the demand for a 24/7 service.
Impact #3	As a cloud-delivered solution, Babylink can be rolled out quickly to hospitals worldwide, addressing a global clinical need and translating cutting-edge research into better clinical outcomes.

Impact #1

Babylink provides alerts for possible neurological problems in real-time, harnessing the data available and using it to its full potential to support better outcomes for newborns.

Impact #2

By supplementing the expertise of highly trained neurophysiologists, Babylink will help resources go further, reducing pressure on already over-stretched neurophysiologists who cannot meet the demand for a 24/7 service.

Impact #3

As a cloud-delivered solution, Babylink can be rolled out quickly to hospitals worldwide, addressing a global clinical need and translating cutting-edge research into better clinical outcomes.

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INFANT: Enabling life-saving care for newborns by pioneering a novel method to help detect neurological problems

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