Frontline British troops get mobile brain scans in major medical breakthrough

Major medical breakthrough as British troops will get mobile brain scans to measure what explosions do to the brain after years of mystery over the long-term effects of bombs on personnel

British troops will be able to undergo mobile battlefield brain scans after being close to combat blasts or other explosions during training. The world ’s first-ever mobile head scanner is being built by UK scientists to assess the effect of exposure to bombs on soldiers, sailors or air personnel.

Thousands of troops may suffer brain damage after being exposed to blast waves from the British military's own weaponry. But because the immediate effect of blasts on the brain disappears soon after the incident but may have a long-term adverse result a mobile unit was needed.

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