IBM announced a project in which researchers at Columbia University Medical Center will utilize IBM's streaming analytics technology to potentially detect severe complications in brain injured patients up to 48 hours earlier than traditional methods.  

For bleeding stroke victims with ruptured brain aneurysms, recovery can involve serious complications.  Detectable symptoms often only appear once blood flood has been significantly reduced, forcing medical professionals to be reactive instead of preventative in their treatment.

Developed at IBM Research Labs, IBM streaming analytics analyzes large volumes of data in motion. Using this technology, medical researchers may be able to uncover the patterns in symptom progression. Detection of early warning signs would give doctors the ability to plan and begin treatments sooner or stop the condition altogether.  Looking for opportunities to provide smarter healthcare continues to be a critically important part of IBM research.