From: Aidan H. <aj...@bu...> - 2017-01-15 10:45:32
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No, infrared sensors / heat are a very different mechanism than magnetic coils and electromagnetic induction. Infrared does not penetrate the scalp like the magnetic fields are able to. On Jan 15, 2017 5:10 AM, "Joley Brown" <bro...@co...> wrote: > The magnetic coils is a really inexpensive model for the eeg output, > but would infrared perhaps give the same or perhaps more wide spread > Signal Out? It seems the coils give a narrower set of responses. I'm > probably a bit off the path on that. But IR sensors measure heat with > say, 1/100th of a degree F. What I would have to fill in with that > equation, how much heat would be generated, and how quickly, by any > small neural clusters? The reason I could most easily justify is that > the higher intensity from the sensor electromagnet might be hazardous. > It's one of the cautions of doing these measurements. An IR sensor would > be a lot more passive,yes? and calibrated to watch a wider scan of those > clusters, more of them. To a processor the output of light vs a more > intensive part of the electro-magnetic spectrum would be a set of > numbers. Like representing a melody in F minor being played in a higher > key. It's 0300 local time and I should get some sleep before looking at > this again. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors > Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. > With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. > Training and support from Colfax. > Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi > _______________________________________________ > Open-rtms-list mailing list > Ope...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-rtms-list > |