Patent Document ID: 8666475
Application ID: 13306475
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of determining whether a test subject suffers from an autism disorder using one or more test subject brain images obtained by a combination of functional MRI and DTI imaging techniques, comprising: comparing the one or more test subject brain images from a functional MRI imaging technique to one or more corresponding control subject brain images to identify one or more locations in the test subject's brain sensitive to passive auditory stimulation, wherein the one or more test subject brain images from the functional MRI imaging technique show hypoactivity in at least one location of the test subject's brain selected from the group consisting of superior temporal gyrus, left inferior frontal gyrus, and left medial frontal gyrus; comparing the one or more test subject brain images from a DTI imaging technique to one or more corresponding control subject brain images to identify one or more locations in the test subject's brain sensitive to passive auditory stimulation, wherein the one or more test subject brain images from the DTI imaging technique show hypoactivity in at least one location of the test subject's brain selected from the group consisting of uncinate fasciculus, the arcuate fasciculus, the left superior temporal gyrus, and the left inferior frontal gyrus; and correlating the one or more test subject brain images from the functional MRI imaging technique of the test subject's brain with the one or more test subject brain images from the DTI imaging technique of the test subject's brain to identify an autism spectrum disorder.