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| A scientist makes a demonstration of a wheel chair controlled by brain wave readings during the media presentation of the Guardian Angels project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Ecublens, near Lausanne May 16, 2011. |
Toyota Motor Corp. has begun offering its car-design and simulation technology to help medical institutions predict the onset of subarachnoid hemorrhages--bleeding in the area between the brain and the tissues that cover the brain, The Nikkei reported in its Sunday edition.
The technology runs simulations of blood flows and the condition of blood vessels in the brain to help doctors discern whether a cerebral aneurysm--a major cause of the bleeding--is likely to rupture.
The University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science noted possible medical applications for the carmaker's simulation technology for production and chassis design. Working with the automaker, the institute has modified the computer-based simulation process originally developed to measure the safety of cars while moving and during collisions.
The developers say the new technology can shorten the time needed to assess the condition of brain aneurysms from about 70 days at present to just several hours.
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