Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research (대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지)

The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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The Estimation of Activated Prefrontal Brain Area due to The Execution of Mental Tasks using fNIRS

Mental Task 수행에 의한 전전두엽 활성 영역의 fNIRS 기반 추정

  • Hong, Seunghyeok (Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Jongmin (KYNOSDAYS Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Heo, Jeong (Interdisciplinary Program of Bioengineering, Graduate School, Seoul National University) ;
  • Baek, Hyun Jae (DMC R&D Center, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Park, Kwang Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • 홍승혁 (서울대학교 공과대학 협동과정 바이오엔지니어링 전공) ;
  • 이종민 (카이노스데이즈) ;
  • 허정 (서울대학교 공과대학 협동과정 바이오엔지니어링 전공) ;
  • 백현재 (삼성전자 DMC 연구소) ;
  • 박광석 (서울대학교 의과대학 의공학교실)
  • Received : 2015.08.10
  • Accepted : 2015.10.01
  • Published : 2015.10.31
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Abstract

The activation of prefrontal cortex of brain during some mental tasks like mental arithmetic induce has been studied using hemodynamic imaging modalities. In this study, we focused on the differentiation of activated area in local prefrontal brain caused by the different mental activities as well as evaluating the classification accuracy of in-house fNIRS system. The study preliminarily validated the device including the signal quality and tightness of contact between detectors and prefrontal area. Experimental results of mental tasks on 5 subjects showed the subject dependent tendencies in correlated prefrontal activation and the area of highest accuracy.

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