Methods for Measurement and Analysis of Brain Activity
First Claim
1. A computer assisted method is provided for diagnosing a condition of a subject wherein said condition is associated with an activation in one or more regions of interest, said method comprising:
- having said subject perform a behavior or have a perception adapted to selectively activate said one or more regions of interest associated with said condition;
measuring activity of said one or more regions of interest as said behavior is being performed or said subject has the perception;
diagnosing said condition associated with said one or more regions of interest based on said activity in response to the behavior or perception;
performing an intervention; and
repeating this process one or more times at a later time and observing changes between measurements before and after said intervention.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A computer assisted method is provided for diagnosing the in condition of a subject associated with particular activation in one or more regions of interest, the method comprising: having the subject perform a behavior or have a perception adapted to selectively activate one or more regions of interest associated with the condition; measuring activity of the one or more regions of interest as the behavior is performed or the subject has the perception; diagnosing the condition associated with the one or more regions of interest based on the activity in response to the behavior or perception; performing an intervention; and repeating this process one or more times including repeating said behavior, said measuring of activity and said diagnosis at a later time; and observing changes between measurements that are associated with said intervention.
-
Citations
25 Claims
-
1. A computer assisted method is provided for diagnosing a condition of a subject wherein said condition is associated with an activation in one or more regions of interest, said method comprising:
-
having said subject perform a behavior or have a perception adapted to selectively activate said one or more regions of interest associated with said condition;
measuring activity of said one or more regions of interest as said behavior is being performed or said subject has the perception;
diagnosing said condition associated with said one or more regions of interest based on said activity in response to the behavior or perception;
performing an intervention; and
repeating this process one or more times at a later time and observing changes between measurements before and after said intervention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. Computer executable software is provided for guiding brain activity testing, the software comprising:
- logic for communicating instructions to a subject to perform a first behavior and/or a first stimulus to the subject;
logic for taking activity measurements of one or more regions of interest of the subject in response to the first behavior or first stimulus and selecting a second behavior or a second stimulus for activating the one or more regions of interest based, at least in part, on the measured brain activity; and
logic for communicating instructions to the subject to perform the second behavior and/or the second stimulus to the subject;
logic for testing the activity measurements and performing a diagnosis of the subject or of the efficacy of an applied intervention. - View Dependent Claims (19)
- logic for communicating instructions to a subject to perform a first behavior and/or a first stimulus to the subject;
-
20. A method of diagnosing a subject comprising:
-
(a) measuring activity of one or more internal voxels of said subject'"'"'s brain;
(b) communicating instructions to said subject derived from said measured activity in real time; and
(c) having said subject perform a behavior in response to said instructions in real time. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
25. Computer executable software, the software comprising:
logic for taking activity measurements of one or more localized brain regions as an intervention is performed and for communicating information to a subject or a device operator based on measured brain activity in substantially real time relative to when the intervention is performed, p1 wherein the logic takes new activity measurements as they are received and communicates new information based on new activity measurements.
Specification