Mark, Marion, or Kentaro might have something to say abou this. Also, here are some examples of similar projects:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzfTZhd6X9c&index=12&list=PL3yXMgtrZmDqZc2m7qI3Kkbmxechp2-Zs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij4StdJBxEo&index=17&list=PL3yXMgtrZmDqZc2m7qI3Kkbmxechp2-Zs --------- Matt Taylor OS Community Flag-Bearer Numenta On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:09 PM, gideon isaac <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking at some of the audio applications of Nupic provided by a > helpful person on this list, and I think the same methods could be used for > an MRI application. > Static MRI pictures are constructed from Fourier transforms of a signal > produced by Hydrogen atoms spinning under the influence of MRI magnets. > They are then converted into a picture. So temporal is converted to > spatial or vice versa. I’m somewhat muddled on this, but my brother > creates sequences for MRI machines and then gathers the data coming out, > and I want to interest him in Nupic. > MRI static pictures are usually used to look for anomalies like tumors, or > soft tissue problems that do not show up on x-rays. It might be hard to > compare a pathology picture with a healthy picture because people vary in > height and shape etc. That could be a problem – there is no standard > picture of a lung for instance – you would have to feed pictures from > people of all sizes into the HTM. > There would be no need for a step of converting the signal to a picture, > instead the signal would be fed directly into Nupic. > There is also Functional-MRI – which can watch movements – you can watch a > MRI movie of a heart beating and look for anomalies there. > So is this something I can present to my brother’s research team at his > university, and if so, are there any special methods that should be used? > Thanks. >
