IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine's unique aim is to publish original work in the intersection of engineering and clinical translation. The journal's focus is interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers, healthcare providers, and industry and aims to publish results and best practices from these translational efforts.
Robert D. Black received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the U. of Illinois (Urbana) in 1984. He is a principal at Scion NeuroStim, a development stage neuromodulation company. He was a researcher at the General Electric R&D Center, was an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Duke University, and an executive/co-founder of several medical device companies. He has been an Adjunct Professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Dr. Black is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).
Caloric vestibular stimulation (CVS) to elicit the vestibulo-ocular reflex has long been used in clinical settings to aid in the diagnosis of balance disorders and to confirm the absence of brainstem function. While a number of studies have hinted at...
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