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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Hiroki Sato, Shiki, JP;
Akiko Obata, Kawagoe, JP;
Atsushi Maki, Fuchu, JP;
Kazutaka Ozaki, Kashiwa, JP;
Takaomi Yasuhara, Moriya, JP;
Ichiro Moda, Moriya, JP;
Hiroki Sato, Shiki, JP;
Akiko Obata, Kawagoe, JP;
Atsushi Maki, Fuchu, JP;
Kazutaka Ozaki, Kashiwa, JP;
Takaomi Yasuhara, Moriya, JP;
Ichiro Moda, Moriya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Appropriate measurement and analysis parameters are set according to cerebral function to be measured. To measure gustatory function, a time period of absence of cerebral activity to be measured is set so as not to contain a period of 60 seconds after start of stimulation, an activity period for analysis for an oxyhemoglobin concentration change signal is set so as to contain a period between an instant after a lapse of 16 seconds, and an instant after a lapse of 25 seconds, after the start of the stimulation, and an activity period for analysis for a deoxyhemoglobin concentration change signal is set so as to contain a period between an instant after a lapse of 28 seconds and an instant after a lapse of 37 seconds after the start of the stimulation. Moreover, a time interval between stimulations is set to 80 seconds or more.