Patent ID: 8861815
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G01R,G06T,G16H,G16Z

Abstract:
1. A method to perform an image data processing operation, comprising: obtaining a raw spatio-temporal dataset acquired from scanning a brain of a subject performing a given task; constructing a full spatio-temporal model using the raw spatio-temporal dataset, wherein the full spatio-temporal model represents brain activity that occurs in all regions of the subject's brain in response to the subject performing the given task; selecting model parameters from the full spatio-temporal model which meet or exceed a threshold parameter that defines a level of causal relation between voxels in the acquired dataset; generating a reduced model representation of the full spatio-temporal model using the selected model parameters; generating a vector representing the reduced model, wherein generating a vector representing the reduced model comprises: using the vector to perform an image data processing operation, wherein the method is performed by a computer.