Functional MRI and NIRS evaluation for visual field deficit rehabilitation

• Project/Area Number: 24700540
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
• Research Institution: Kagoshima University
• Principal Investigator: Miyata Ryuji 鹿児島大学, 医歯学域医学系, 助教 (80404507)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 視野障害 / 脳卒中 / 脳機能イメージング / リハビリテーション / fMRI / NIRS / 視覚障害

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to develop the appropriate visual presentation task for the visual disorder of stroke patient by functional MRI and NIRS.
We developed new visual presentation task; the subject pay attention to the fixation point and push the button when the stimulus point appears on the screen. The stimulus point appears random timing and location.
In the future, we use this task to evaluate the brain activation for the visual field deficit of stroke patient, and develop new test and rehabilitation technic.