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Israeli Startup Uses AI to Diagnose Brain Disorders in 15 Minutes
VINnews • • health
Key Points:
- Israeli startup Hemispheric has developed Descartes, an AI system that diagnoses various neurological and psychiatric conditions through a 15-minute brain-wave test using a sensor-equipped cap and app.
- The technology can identify conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, schizophrenia risk, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injury, OCD, tinnitus, ADHD, sleep disorders, and early cognitive decline, while assessing severity.
- Descartes is based on a large database of 100,000 test subjects and 250,000 hours of brain activity data, utilizing 6 billion parameters for analysis.
- Hemispheric, founded by computational neuroscientist Dr. Hagai Lalazar and computer vision expert Gidi Littwin, has raised $52 million, employs over 110 people, and operates data-collection sites in Tel Aviv and the Philippines with plans to expand.
- The company is engaging with the U.S. FDA for regulatory approval, planning to submit clinical trial results on PTSD next year, and has already conducted a pilot study involving Israeli combat veterans.
