Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intercerebral current source estimation method intercerebral current source estimation program recording medium containing the intercerebral current source estimation program and intercerebral current source estimation apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 脑电流源估计方法包含脑电流源估计程序和脑电流源估计装置的脑内电流源估计程序记录介质
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Application No.: US10500369Application Date: 2002-12-27
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Publication No.: US07769424B2Publication Date: 2010-08-03
- Inventor: Masa-aki Sato
- Applicant: Masa-aki Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Saitama JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency,Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
- Current Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency,Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
- Current Assignee Address: JP Saitama JP Kyoto
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2001-400519 20011228
- International Application: PCT/JP02/13739 WO 20021227
- International Announcement: WO03/057035 WO 20030717
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
Based on the fact that by causing an appropriate current flow on a virtual curved surface between a current source and an observation surface, an electromagnetic field generated by the current source can be recovered, and that as the curved surface comes closer to the true current source, current distribution on the curved surface becomes smaller, Bayesian estimation of the current source that recovers the observed data is performed. In this estimation, the fact that the model posterior probability attains the maximum when the curved surface includes the current source is utilized, that is, the model posterior probability is considered, to estimate the position of the current source including the depth direction. When observation data obtained by other observation means is available simultaneously, such information is incorporated in hierarchical prior distribution for Bayesian estimation, to enable estimation with higher precision.
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