K Park
Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Biography
Kaechang Park is a medical doctor specializing in brain healthcare and has been interested in the relationship between brain and driving performance, especially for older drivers because Japan is a super-aged country, where preventing accidents caused by older drivers is an urgent national issue. Brain Dock is a brain checkup using MRI, a preventive medicine that is prevalent uniquely in Japan. Aging brain without dementia is radio-graphically characterized by brain atrophy and leukoaraiosis, a common ischemic lesion diagnosed by MRI. To elucidate the relationship, he uses large-scale MRI data obtained from Brain Dock.