Assessment of a Handheld Near-Infrared Light Device in Detecting Intracranial Hematomas in Mbarara, Uganda
Our data demonstrate that the Infrascanner 2000™ performs well at detecting intracranial hematomas with high sensitivity and low false negatives. The decrease in specificity may be related to darker skin color; however, additional studies using updated versions of the device are needed.
Authors
- Nathan A. Shlobin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2079-6125)
- Robert Gramer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7550-6397)
- Alvan-Emeka Kelechi Ukachukwu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7501-7649)
- Michael M. Haglund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6332-0808)
- Brad J. Kolls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-8749)
- Josephine Nambi Najjuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-5961)
- Anthony T. Fuller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8841-6948)
- David Kitya
- Edwin S. Iversen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-2763)
- Yesel Trillo-Ordonez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6570-1209)
- Yuh Yiing Liow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5287-9406)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Mbarara University of Science and Technology (UG)
- Duke University (US)
- Duke Regional Hospital (US)
- Mbarara National Referral Hospital (UG)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Utah Department of Health (US)
- Duke Institute for Health Innovation (US)
- Duke-NUS Medical School (SG)
- Duke University Health System (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003873
- Primary Topic
- Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00