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Home » Medical physics » Crainio’s Panicos Kyriacou explains how their light-based instrument can help diagnose brain injury

Crainio’s Panicos Kyriacou explains how their light-based instrument can help diagnose brain injury

28 Aug 2025 Tami Freeman

Panicos Kyriacou is chief scientist at the UK-based start-up Crainio, which has developed an inexpensive light-based instrument that enables non-invasive measurement of intracranial pressure. He tells Tami Freeman that the sensor could improve the diagnoses of traumatic brain injury

Illustration of Crainio's sensor with a sticker attached to a person's head and a box containing the electronics
Easy does it Crainio has found a non-invasive way to measure brain pressure, the sensor is just like a sticking plaster on the forehead and the backend is a small box containing all the electronics. (Courtesy: Crainio)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), caused by a sudden impact to the head, is a leading cause of death and

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