A Computational Investigation of an Active Region in Brain Network Based on Stimulations with Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Xu Huang, Raul Fernandez Rojas, Allan C. Madoc, Keng Liang Ou, Sheikh Md Rabiul Islam

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Abstract

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been widely used in medical imaging to observe oxygenation and hemodynamic responses in the cerebral cortex. In this paper, the major target is reporting our current study about the computational investigation of functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in the somatosensory region with noxious stimulations. Based on signal processing technologies within communication network, the related technologies are applied, including cross correlation analysis, optic flow, and wavelet. The visual analysis exposed pain-related activations in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) after stimulation which is consistent with similar studies, but the cross correlation results strongly evidenced dominant channels on both cerebral hemispheres. Our investigation also demonstrated that the spatial distribution of the cortical activity origin can be described by the hemodynamic responses in the cerebral cortex after evoked stimulation using near infrared spectroscopy. The current outcomes of this computational investigation explore that it is good potential to be employed to deal with pain assessment in human subjects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings 24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2017)
Subtitle of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science
EditorsD. Liu
Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
PublisherSpringer
Pages728-738
Number of pages11
Volume10635
ISBN (Electronic)9783319700960
ISBN (Print)9783319700953
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Oct 2017
Event24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing - Guangzhou, China
Duration: 14 Nov 201718 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10635 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Neural Information Processing
Abbreviated titleICONIP 2017
Country/TerritoryChina
CityGuangzhou
Period14/11/1718/11/17

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