The NSU team observes patients’ minute-to-minute progress with advanced monitoring equipment, including:

  • Intracranial pressure monitoring – provides continuous information about pressures within the brain
  • Brain tissue oxygenation monitoring - measures the amount of oxygen that is being delivered to brain tissue
  • Cerebral blood flow monitoring - measures the amount of blood flow going to the brain
  • Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography – has a variety of uses including, detecting blocked arteries in the brain, intraoperative monitoring, and measurement of dynamic cerebrovascular responses
  • Continuous video EEG monitoring - a specialized form of EEG testing that allows physicians to learn more about seizures by viewing them directly
  • CT angiography - a CT scan that uses intravenous contrast to show all the blood vessels inside the brain
  • CT perfusion – to measure blood flow in the brain with a CT scanner
  • MRI diffusion imaging – shows area of brain tissue that is damaged
  • MRI perfusion imaging – shows blood flow and can estimate weather damaged tissue is still salvageable with therapy
  • Positron Emission Tomography (PET) - a form of brain imaging that shows brain metabolism