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Our mission is to advance how the mind is measured to support personalized clinical care across the patient journey.
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About MindTrace
MindTrace was spun out of Carnegie Mellon University to translate advanced techniques in noninvasive and invasive functional brain mapping into structured clinical tools. MindTrace was established to build a scalable platform to meet a long-standing challenge in neurosurgery: how to consistently measure and document neurocognitive function during complex brain procedures.
With support of multiple National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards, MindTrace has deployed its platform at leading U.S. academic medical centers under Institutional Review Board (IRB) oversight.
As MindTrace transitions from research-driven deployment to broader clinical adoption, the company remains focused on rigorous science, regulatory alignment, and long-term partnerships with clinicians and institutions committed to advancing functional neurosurgery.
Standardizing Functional Assessment in Neurosurgery
1. Across the Surgical Care Journey
Patients undergoing neurosurgery face meaningful risk to language, memory, attention, and executive function. MindTrace supports structured neurocognitive assessment before, during, and after surgery, enabling consistent documentation across clinical settings and timepoints.
2. Addressing Variability in Current Practice
Approaches to intraoperative neurocognitive assessment vary across institutions and are often dependent on individual clinician workflow. MindTrace provides a structured framework to support more consistent administration, documentation, and longitudinal tracking of neurocognitive performance.
3. Aligning Functional Data with Clinical Context
MindTrace enables neurocognitive performance to be reviewed in relation to surgical and neurophysiological events. This alignment supports clearer documentation, interdisciplinary communication, and multi-site reproducibility.
4. Supporting Patient-Centered Care
By reinforcing structured measurement and documentation, MindTrace supports informed discussions focused on safety, recovery, and quality of life. All medical decision-making remains with the clinical team.
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