Apparatus for evaluating biological function, a method for evaluating biological function, a living body probe, a living body probe mounting device, a living body probe support device and a living body probe mounting accessory
First Claim
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- An apparatus for evaluating biological function having a plurality of living body probes provided with light-emitting elements for irradiating light to specified sites of a living body and light-receiving elements for receiving and detecting light exiting the living body, a behavioral information measuring part for measuring behavioral information of said living body, and an apparatus body for entering light information detected by said living body probe and behavioral information measured by said behavioral information measuring part and performing calculation, control and memory operations, and utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function, said apparatus body comprising;
a controller for calculating, based on light information from said living body probe, a variety of parameters derived from two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between amounts of change in oxyhemoglobin and amounts of change in deoxyhemoglobin, and two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between absolute amounts of oxyhemoglobin and absolute amounts of deoxyhemoglobin;
a behavioral information input part for entering behavioral information measured by means of said behavioral information measuring part; and
a display part for performing various types of image displays based on various parameters calculated by means of said controller and/or behavioral information entered in said behavioral information input part.
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Abstract
The apparatus for evaluating biological function of the present invention has living body probes 1, a behavioral information measuring part 2 and an apparatus body 3, and it utilizes near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function; apparatus body 3 has a controller 8 for calculating (based on light information from living body probes 1) a variety of parameters derived from two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between changes in oxyhemoglobin and changes in deoxyhemoglobin and two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between absolute amounts of oxyhemoglobin and absolute amounts of deoxyhemoglobin, a behavioral information input part for entering behavioral information measured by means of behavioral information measuring part 12, and a display part 10 for performing various types of image displays based on various parameters calculated by means of controller 8 and/or behavioral information entered in the behavioral information input part.
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- An apparatus for evaluating biological function having a plurality of living body probes provided with light-emitting elements for irradiating light to specified sites of a living body and light-receiving elements for receiving and detecting light exiting the living body, a behavioral information measuring part for measuring behavioral information of said living body, and an apparatus body for entering light information detected by said living body probe and behavioral information measured by said behavioral information measuring part and performing calculation, control and memory operations, and utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function, said apparatus body comprising;
a controller for calculating, based on light information from said living body probe, a variety of parameters derived from two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between amounts of change in oxyhemoglobin and amounts of change in deoxyhemoglobin, and two-dimensional diagrams showing relationships between absolute amounts of oxyhemoglobin and absolute amounts of deoxyhemoglobin; a behavioral information input part for entering behavioral information measured by means of said behavioral information measuring part; and a display part for performing various types of image displays based on various parameters calculated by means of said controller and/or behavioral information entered in said behavioral information input part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
- An apparatus for evaluating biological function having a plurality of living body probes provided with light-emitting elements for irradiating light to specified sites of a living body and light-receiving elements for receiving and detecting light exiting the living body, a behavioral information measuring part for measuring behavioral information of said living body, and an apparatus body for entering light information detected by said living body probe and behavioral information measured by said behavioral information measuring part and performing calculation, control and memory operations, and utilizing near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function, said apparatus body comprising;
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- A method for evaluating biological function in which near-infrared spectroscopy is utilized to evaluate biological function, using an apparatus for evaluating biological function that has a plurality of living body probes provided with light-emitting elements for irradiating light to specified sites of a living body and light-receiving elements for receiving and detecting light exiting the living body, a behavioral information measuring part for measuring behavioral information of said living body, and an apparatus body for entering light information detected by means of said living body probe and behavioral information measured by means of said behavioral information measuring part, and performing calculation, control and memory operations; and
utilizes near-infrared spectroscopy to evaluate biological function, said method comprising;(1) a step whereby light-emitting elements and light-receiving elements of living body probes are placed on a living body; (2) a step whereby light from said light-emitting elements of the living body probes is irradiated to a living body; (3) a step whereby, based on light information detected by means of said light-receiving elements of the living body probes, selection or adjustment is made among light-emitting element/light-receiving element combinations within each of the channels formed by said living body probes, based on specified criteria; (4) a step whereby, based on light information detected by means of said living body probes, selection or adjustment is made among combinations among said channels, based on specified criteria; (5) a step whereby baseline data is measured from light information detected by means of said living body probes with a living body at rest, and data analysis and data display are performed; and (6) a step whereby task presentation data is measured from light information detected by means of said living body probes at the time when a task is presented to a living body, and data analysis and data display are performed.
- A method for evaluating biological function in which near-infrared spectroscopy is utilized to evaluate biological function, using an apparatus for evaluating biological function that has a plurality of living body probes provided with light-emitting elements for irradiating light to specified sites of a living body and light-receiving elements for receiving and detecting light exiting the living body, a behavioral information measuring part for measuring behavioral information of said living body, and an apparatus body for entering light information detected by means of said living body probe and behavioral information measured by means of said behavioral information measuring part, and performing calculation, control and memory operations; and
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