Perth Brain Centre uses functional brain imaging technology known as Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) Brain Scans and 3-Dimensional Brain Mapping, using Low-resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA).

QEEG Brain Scans are safe well-known assessments used in scientific research and clinical practice. QEEG Brain Scans are appropriate for almost any age and are conducted on-site in clinic. Unlike standard CT and MRI scans which provide information about brain structure, QEEG Brain Scans provides information about how the brain is working by directly measuring the electrical activity of the brain, known as “brain waves.” Specialised software is used to compares an individual’s pattern of brainwave activity to reference databases. The results of this complex analysis are used to generate detailed images known as “brain maps.”

QEEG Brain Scans cannot be used to provide a diagnosis (because the diagnosis of problems such as ADHD or Anxiety is based upon symptoms) but instead can be used to help understand how an individual’s brain is working and why someone is thinking, feeling or behaving the way that they do. The results of QEEG can also be used to help develop personalised treatment programmes, monitor response to treatments and to guide targeted lifestyle advice.