Development and application of optical topography for human brain functions - new measurement methodology for infant brain functions

Author

Maki, A. ; Pena, M. ; Dehaene-Lambertz, G. ; Fujiwara, M. ; Kawaguchi, F. ; Ichikawa, Y. ; Koizumi, H. ; Mehler, J.

Author_Institution

Adv. Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Understanding the brain function and its developmental process in infants are important themes in the field of brain science from viewpoints of earlier diagnostics of brain functional decrease in infants and establishment of educational way based on scientific theory. Optical topography (OT) has advantages for measurements of infant brain functions because OT is noninvasive and it can measure brain function under natural conditions. The authors are trying measurement of infant language function by using OT to establish a new measurement methodology for infant brain functions. This report shows basic results of the trial and our latest results.

Keywords

brain; haemodynamics; optical tomography; paediatrics; auditory cortex; correlation coefficients; hemoglobin concentrations; infant brain functions; infant language function; natural hemodynamic fluctuations; neonate temporal lobe; optical topography; Biomedical optical imaging; Brain; Fluctuations; Hemodynamics; Humans; Optical fibers; Pediatrics; Position measurement; Surfaces; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967873

Filename

967873