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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Jie Huang, Okemos, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for identifying brain-state dependent functional areas of unitary pooled activity (FAUPAs) using a statistical model that does not require a priori knowledge of the activity-induced ideal response signal time course is provided. A system for identifying a functional network in a brain of a living object includes a FAUPA identifier configured to identify FAUPAs by analyzing a plurality of images of the brain over a predetermined period. The plurality of images include a plurality of voxels, and the FAUPA identifier analyzes each voxel of the plurality of voxels in relation to one or more surrounding voxels of each voxel until each voxel of the plurality of voxels is evaluated. A brain network identification module configured to construct the functional network based on the identified FAUPAs that are functionally connected. A display module configured to display images of the brain depicting the FAUPAs included in the functional network.