Measurement system for living bodies
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1. A measurement system for living bodies comprising:
- a measurement unit for measuring the internal state of a subject body;
a signal extraction unit for extracting a biological fluctuation component contained in a signal obtained by the measurement unit;
a stimulus timing determination unit for determining the timing of presentation of a stimulus or instruction to the subject body on the basis of the biological fluctuation component extracted by the signal extraction unit;
a stimulus/instruction presentation control unit for controlling the presentation of a stimulus or instruction such that the presentation occurs at the time determined by the stimulus timing determination unit; and
a stimulus/instruction presentation unit for presenting a stimulus or instruction to the subject body in accordance with a control signal from the stimulus/instruction presentation control unit.
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Abstract
A satisfactory averaged signal can be obtained with only a small number of repetitions of measurement in the measurement of responses to a stimulus given to a living body. A low-frequency biological fluctuation is extracted and a stimulus is presented to the living body in synchronism with the phase of the extracted fluctuation.
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1. A measurement system for living bodies comprising:
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a measurement unit for measuring the internal state of a subject body;
a signal extraction unit for extracting a biological fluctuation component contained in a signal obtained by the measurement unit;
a stimulus timing determination unit for determining the timing of presentation of a stimulus or instruction to the subject body on the basis of the biological fluctuation component extracted by the signal extraction unit;
a stimulus/instruction presentation control unit for controlling the presentation of a stimulus or instruction such that the presentation occurs at the time determined by the stimulus timing determination unit; and
a stimulus/instruction presentation unit for presenting a stimulus or instruction to the subject body in accordance with a control signal from the stimulus/instruction presentation control unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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