HOUSTON: New and approved tools to measure and monitor cognition aim to make in-office cognitive assessment faster and simpler.
One of these is Cognivue (Cerebral Assessment Systems Inc), a computer-based tool designed to better and more easily assess, measure, and monitor brain function to detect early signs of dementia.
The noninvasive tool is sufficiently unique that the FDA has created a new class of devices, designated “cognitive assessment aids.”
For the assessment, a patient sits in front of a computer screen and is presented with a series of visual stimuli at varying signal strengths with a moving domain-specific target. The patient identifies the target location by moving the cursor using a one-handed steering wheel called a manipulandum. The score is based on the timing and accuracy of responses…