| Presentation | 2016-03-05 Application of Yes/No Communication Aid for Patients with Impaired Consciousness Kuniaki Ozawa, Masayoshi Naito, Naoki Tanaka, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | An Yes/No communication aid for totally locked-in ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) patients was applied for patients with apparently impaired consciousness, in order to judge whether they were really unconscious or not. We used here two measures: one was the statistical significance of difference between averaged answer yes/no and the chance level 50 %, and the other was to check whether the averaged cerebral blood volume changes and the heart rate synchronized with tasks. The method was verified using healthy person’s data and was applied to an ALS patient with no electroenthephalogram response and to a person with brain contusion. The former was judged as the possibility of consciousness being left on the basis of the synchronization check, and in the latter, whether conscious or not was not determined. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | ALS / communication / Yes/No answer / near- infrared light / cerebral blood volume / accuracy rate / brain contusion / significant difference |
| Paper # | WIT2015-103 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-02-26 (WIT) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | WIT |
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| Conference Date | 2016/3/4(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Tusukuba Univ. of Tech.(Tsukuba) |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Topics (in English) | Hearing / Visually impaired person support technology, etc. |
| Chair | Kiyohiko Nunokawa(Tokyo International Univ.) |
| Vice Chair | Chikamune Wada(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) |
| Secretary | Chikamune Wada(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) |
| Assistant | Tomohiro Amemiya(NTT) / Takeaki Shionome(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) / Manabi Miyagi(Tsukuba Univ. of Tech.) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Well-being Information Technology |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | Application of Yes/No Communication Aid for Patients with Impaired Consciousness |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | ALS |
| Keyword(2) | communication |
| Keyword(3) | Yes/No answer |
| Keyword(4) | near- infrared light |
| Keyword(5) | cerebral blood volume |
| Keyword(6) | accuracy rate |
| Keyword(7) | brain contusion |
| Keyword(8) | significant difference |
| 1st Author's Name | Kuniaki Ozawa |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Masayoshi Naito |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Naoki Tanaka |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | Toyo University(Toyo Univ.) |
| Date | 2016-03-05 |
| Paper # | WIT2015-103 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.115 |
| Number (no) | WIT-491 |
| Page | pp.pp.83-88(WIT), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2016-02-26 (WIT) |