Patent classifications
A61B5/245
Method and system for brain activity signal-based treatment and/or control of user devices
A method for characterizing a brain electrical signal comprising forming a temporo-spectral decomposition of the signal to form a plurality of time resolved frequency signal values, associating each instance of the signal value with a predetermined function approximating a neurological signal to form a table of coefficients collectively representative of the brain electrical signal.
USE OF CEREBRAL NITRIC OXIDE DONORS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EXTENT OF BRAIN DYSFUNCTION FOLLOWING INJURY
The invention provides a cerebral nitric oxide donor for use in a method for assessing the extent of brain dysfunction following brain injury, said method comprising contacting at least a portion of the brain of a subject with a brain injury with said cerebral nitric oxide donor and determining whether or not there is a subsequent change in one or more aspects of brain physiology, wherein the extent by which said one or more aspects of brain physiology improves is indicative of the extent of brain dysfunction.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGINED DIRECTIONS TO DEFINE AN ACTION, FUNCTION OR EXECUTION FOR NON-TACTILE DEVICES
A system and method for controlling a non-tactile device including a receiving device configured to receive signals corresponding to a user's brain waves or movements, the brain waves or movements corresponding to a series of directional intentions, the intentions defining at least one line pattern, a processor configured to process the at least one line pattern, each of said at least one line patterns associated with an action of the device, and output a control signal to the non-tactile device related to the action.
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
An organ evaluation device, system, or method is configured to receive electrophysiological data from a patient or model organism and integrates the data in a computational backend environment with anatomical data input from an external source, spanning a plurality of file formats, where the input parameters are combined to visualize and output current density and/or current flow activity having ampere-based units displayed in the spatial context of heart or other organ anatomy.
INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS
An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit. The display control unit is configured to execute control to display a plurality of partial waveform data in parallel in a time axis direction of the plurality of partial waveform data, the plurality of partial waveform data each representing temporal change of one or more biological signals and each respectively representing biological waveform data corresponding to a respective partial time period, spots from among the biological waveform data being specifiable, the display control unit being further configured to execute control to display the spots of the plurality of partial waveform data, with emphasis, upon being specified.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPER-RESOLVING ELECTROMAGNETIC LOCALIZATION AND CAUSALITY
Systems and methods are described for super-resolving electromagnetic localization by obtaining electric field data and/or magnetic field data captured over a period of time by at least one multi-channel recording device having a first resolution, applying holographic backpropagation constrained by sparsity approximation and/or low-rank approximation in a near-field and/or a far-field to the captured data, reconstructing electromagnetic energy flow information at a second resolution in one iteration, the second resolution being higher than the first resolution in at least two of three spatial dimensions, and generating data indicating an energy source location, an energy sink location, and/or a causality relation based on the electromagnetic energy flow information at the second resolution.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM
An information processing device, an information processing method, and a recording medium storing an information processing program. The information processing device and the information processing method include obtaining measurement data, accepting a specification of time in the measurement data as a specified time, reducing noise from the measurement data using each one of a plurality of methods, evaluating a result of noise reduction at the specified time, the noise reduction being performed using each one of the plurality of methods, and selecting one of the plurality of methods based on the evaluated result of noise reduction. The recording medium storing the information processing program for causing a computer to execute the information processing method.
Method for displaying medical images
A method for displaying at least two medical images, each medical image highlighting at least one feature, including steps of obtaining a 2D medical image, identifying at least two features on the obtained medical image, generating masks showing the identified features, each mask highlighting at least one of the identified features, generating a set of at least two medical images, each medical image highlighting at least one of the identified features by superimposing at least one of the masks on the obtained medical image, and displaying the set of at least two generated medical images, one after the other. The invention also relates to a microprocessor comprising a computer algorithm to perform the method of the invention and to a system comprising said microprocessor and a visualizing means.
Method and Systems for Analyzing Functional Imaging Data
Methods and systems for analyzing brain functional activity data are provided. Also provided are systems that find use in performing the present methods.
A MAGNETIC SHIELD
An active magnetic shield system, including an array of magnetic field sensors arranged to sense a local magnetic field. An array of magnetic field elements are arranged produce a magnetic field. Each magnetic field element has a unit coil for mounting to a plurality of surfaces arranged in at least 3 planes to define an enclosed cancellation volume, and to produce a vector magnetic field pattern.