Presentation 2024-03-01
Estimation of salivary secretion volume using near-infrared spectroscopy
Ryosuke Tsukagoshi, Yoshiko Sueda,
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Abstract(in English) In recent years, the number of patients with dry mouth has been increasing due to causes such as diabetes, stress, and aging. When the symptoms of dry mouth worsen, there is a possibility of developing eating disorders, taste disorders, and speech disorders. It is important to conduct examinations before these disorders occur to enable early detection. Conventional methods for examination include Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), the Saxon test, and saliva collection tests. However, these methods require appointments at hospitals, are expensive, and may cause physical stress because saliva cannot be swallowed easily. Therefore, this study aims to realize a model for estimating saliva secretion volume using sensors that are easy to use in daily life and can assess the status of salivary gland function without directly taking saliva. When comparing machine learning models trained by multiple individuals with the model trained using data from a single individual, the model trained by multiple people had better accuracy in estimating saliva volume. Experiments to change the number of individuals involved in training revealed that at least 10 individuals’ data are necessary to train the model, and around 15 to 18 individuals’ data are required to achieve sufficient accuracy. We compared the sensor values of the parotid region with those of the sublingual region. It showed no correlation between the two, indicating the difficulty of using data from the sublingual region for machine learning.
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Keyword(in English) IoT / light sensor / NIRS / Dry mouth
Paper # IN2023-98
Date of Issue 2024-02-22 (IN)

Conference Information
Committee NS / IN
Conference Date 2024/2/29(2days)
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Place (in English) Okinawa Convention Center
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Topics (in English) General
Chair Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) / Kunio Hato(NTT)
Vice Chair Takumi Miyoshi(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) / Tsutomu Murase(Nagoya Univ.)
Secretary Takumi Miyoshi(NTT) / Tsutomu Murase(Kogakuin Univ.)
Assistant Hiroshi Yamamoto(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Network Systems / Technical Committee on Information Networks
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Estimation of salivary secretion volume using near-infrared spectroscopy
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) IoT
Keyword(2) light sensor
Keyword(3) NIRS
Keyword(4) Dry mouth
1st Author's Name Ryosuke Tsukagoshi
1st Author's Affiliation Meisei University(Meisei Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yoshiko Sueda
2nd Author's Affiliation Meisei University(Meisei Univ.)
Date 2024-03-01
Paper # IN2023-98
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) IN-398
Page pp.pp.195-200(IN),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2024-02-22 (IN)