Patent ID: 8814923
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. An integrated measurement and treatment apparatus, comprising: a medical imaging unit configured to generate a group of voxel values of a patient, a voxel value representing an electromagnetically detectable functional state in a brain voxel of the patient; a data processing unit configured to access a reference database storing reference data associated with a medical disorder related to functional states of internal structures in the brain related to seasonal affective disorder, the data processing unit further configured to generate an indication that indicates a level of similarity between the group of voxel values of the patient and the reference data, the level of similarity representing severity of the medical disorder; and an illumination unit configured to direct non-invasively a dose of light to the brain of the patient, wherein both the medical imaging unit and the illumination unit are applied on the patient during one treatment session, the treatment session comprising a sequence of operations performed with the same apparatus, the illumination unit being further configured to adjust parameters related to the dose of light according to the indication generated during the same treatment session, wherein the dose of light is adjusted in terms of at least one of intensity and spectrum.