Estimating Neuro-Pathway from Visual and Somatosensory Evoked Potential

유발전위를 이용한 뇌의 시감각 및 체성감각 인지영역 추정기술

  • 배병훈 (한국과학기술원 물리학과) ;
  • 김동우 (한국과학기술원 물리학과)
  • Published : 1994.12.01

Abstract

In this paper a study of neuro-pathway estimation based on visual and somatosensory evoked potential is given. The evoked potentials which are caused by visual and somatosensory stimulation are detected by an average method. The forward problem that is estimating a scalp potential from a given electrical source in the brain is solved by using a triple concentric spherical shell model of the head and a single current dipole model of the neuron activity. The inverse problem which calculates a source position is solved by a least square fit between the model predicted potential and a given evoked potential measurement. The similarities between estimated sensory neuro-pathways and physiological brain function regions are verified.

시각 및 손가락의 전기자극에 의해 머리표면에서 발생하는 유발전위를 검출하여 Source Tracing Method를 이용하여 뇌의 시각인지영역 및 손가락 감각인지영역을 추정하였다. 본 과정에서 유발전위 검출방식은 average method를 이용하였고, 흥분뉴런군에 대한 물리적 모델로 Single Current Dipole Model을 이용하고, 머리기하에 대한 3중구각모델을 이용하여 Forward Problem을 풀었다. Inverse Problem은 current dipole의 6개의 parameter에 대한 Least Square Error Method를 이용하여 신견흥분의 위치를 추정하였다. 이러한 결과와 생리학적으로 밝혀진 시각 및 체성감각 신경로와의 비교결과 유사성이 확인되었다.

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