A three-year study involving high risk infants, Fast UltraSound Imaging with Optics in the Newborn (fUSiON), aims for the first time to combine functional ultrasound with high density DOT to obtain whole brain activity measurements at the cot-side.

Brain Injury HRC Co-Director, Consultant Academic Neurosurgeon Dr Alexis Joannides, adds: “We are delighted to support this innovative work, bringing together the excellent track record of the neoLAB team with the expertise and cutting-edge technologies of our collaborators in London and Paris.

“The neonatal cap has potential to transform the way we diagnose, monitor and understand brain injury in newborn babies. If successful, it could offer a cost-effective imaging tool for routine use in hospitals across the UK and beyond.”