Current Studios, a Dartmouth interactive media company, has issued the following statement:
Current Labs' MRI Evaluation app wins Best App at 6th Annual Auggie Awards
Current Studios & Labs was honoured to win Best App for its MRI Evaluation app, "Don't Stumble Tumble" at the recent Auggie Awards in Santa Clara, CA.
The Auggies promote excellence in computer vision across various platforms and categories worldwide. The award show is held annually at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) – the world’s largest gathering of professionals focused on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Wearable Tech, and the Internet of Things.
Don't Stumble Tumble is a mobile application designed to help reduce the number of children requiring general anaesthetic. The app provides medical professionals a tool with which to monitor a child's ability to remain still for extended periods of time.
When a child between the ages of 5-11 requires an MRI there is currently no way to evaluate if the child will be able to lie still long enough to complete the MRI or if the child will require anesthesia to be able to complete the MRI. This results in either in efficiencies of the MRI machine or unnecessary anesthesia for children.
Don't Stumble Tumble seeks to put an enjoyable experience on the process of GA assessment.
The game uses motion recognition software to give feedback to the child as they play, reminding them to remain still when motion is detected and eventually affecting their overall score. The game is comprised of a ten level structure with increasing time intervals so children build up their comfort levels with longer time periods in the lead-up to their scan.
All of the gameplay statistics and game data are constantly being tracked and displayed on an online dashboard. This dashboard gives a visual representation to technicians and medical researchers of a patient's ability to remain still with a view to informing their decision of whether or not that particular child is a candidate for a non-sedated MRI scan.
Don't Stumble Tumble aims to decrease the number of instances of general anesthetic for MRI scans, increasing patient throughput, lowering wait times, and reducing MRI costs. Current Studios & Labs worked with a team of medical professionals to develop this application which is now in clinical trials at the IWK Children's Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Read our previous article on Current Labs and Don’t Stumble Tumble here.
