Most tools used to diagnose or measure pain depend on a patient’s ability to verbally describe what they are feeling, creating a barrier for individuals who cannot communicate their pain clearly, such as non-verbal autistic patients.

Pain is typically treated as a subjective experience, requiring verbal explanation or self-reporting. Many neurological conditions, such as migraines, produce measurable signals including changes in temperature and blood flow. If pain could be translated into objective visual data, caregivers and clinicians could better recognize and respond to it.

Migravue is a migraine-measurement app that uses thermal imaging to detect heat patterns on the surface of the head associated with migraine activity. The app provides an objective way to identify and locate pain in non-verbal autistic individuals, allowing caregivers and medical professionals to recognize symptoms earlier and make informed treatment decisions for patients whose pain is often unnoticed.