University Stony Brook UniversityA new study provides clinicians with data about the path to consciousness after traumatic brain injury. The research may help pave the way for more personalized and effective patient care strategies in critical care and rehabilitation settings. To address this problem, Mofakham and Mikell developed a first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence (AI) tool called SeeMe, which detects signs of covert consciousness by analyzing microscopic facial movements invisible to the naked eye. Their findings suggest that SeeMe can identify signs of awareness four-to-eight days earlier than traditional clinical exams. In most of this patient cohort, SeeMe detected purposeful movement up to four days before the clinical care team recognized physical movements by the patients.