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Patterns Analysis of Prefrontal Brain Waves of Cancer Patients using Brain-Computer-Interface

뇌-컴퓨터-인터페이스를 이용한 암환자들의 전전두엽 뇌파 분석

  • 한영수 (서울벤처정보대학원대학교 정보경영학과) ;
  • 채명신 (서울벤처정보대학원대학교 정보경영학과) ;
  • 박병운 (서울불교대학원대학교 심신통합치유학과) ;
  • 박종기 (에덴요양병원)
  • Published : 2008.03.15
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Abstract

Cancer patients have been suffered from the instability of mind/body and unbalanced homeostasis because of cancer progression and medical treatment such as chemotherapy, It is very important that appropriated actions can be promptly taken by monitoring cancer patients' mental conditions. For this reason, it is crucial to develop a monitoring method which is convenient and not harmful to their body. Brain-computer-interface(BCI) system is introduced for the purpose in this paper. Prefrontal brain waves of cancer patients and control groups have been measured by a portable neurofeedback(NF) system based on self-regulation of the human electroencephalogram(EEG). The NF system consists of the portable EEG amplifier and a headband with dry electrodes placed on Fp1 and Fp2 sites. Patterns of the prefrontal brain waves taken by computer are correlated to brain quotients by EEG-analysis program. Basic rhythm quotient, attention quotient, emotional quotient, anti-stress quotient and correlation quotient of control group have shown high significant level compared with the cancer patients group. On the other hand, the EEG patterns analysis is shown its possibility to be an important methodology of monitoring cancer patients' condition.

암환자들은 암의 진행과 항암화학요법 등의 치료로 인해 심신의 불안정과 항상성의 저하로 큰 고통을 겪고 있다. 간편하면서 인체에 아무 해를 주지 않는 뇌파를 기반으로 하는 뇌-컴퓨터-인터페이스(BCI) 기술로서 암 환자의 상태를 모니터링하여 적절한 처치를 취할 수 있다는 것은 매우 중요한 일이다. 암환자들의 전전두엽에 헤드밴드 형태의 건성전극단자를 부착하고, 컴퓨터와 연결된 휴대용 뇌파측정 장치로 전전두엽 뇌파(Fp1, Fp2)를 측정하였다. 컴퓨터를 통하여 파장대 별로 얻어진 뇌파를 상호 연관성에 따라 뇌지수로 구분한 후 통계 처리하여 유의성을 검증하였다. 암환자군과 정상대조군을 비교한 결과 암환자군에 비하여 정상대조군이 기초율동지수, 주의지수, 정서지수, 항스트레지수와 좌우뇌균형지수에서 유의하게 높은 차이를 나타냈다. 따라서 뇌파 측정이 환자의 상태를 모니터링하는 중요한 도구로서의 가능성을 보였다.

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