Methods and Systems for Simultaneous Review of Brain Activity and Physical Manifestations of Users

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for a guidance application that allows a practitioner to easily correlate a fluctuation in any channel of a plurality of channels constituting received electroencephalography (“EEG”) data to a particular physical manifestation. For example, the guidance application automatically synchronizes incoming EEG data to the physical manifestations and allows for automatic retrieval a portion of video data (e.g., of the physical manifestation) that corresponds to a selected portion of EEG data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of correlating brain activity to physical manifestations, the method comprising:
 receiving electroencephalography (“EEG”) data comprising a plurality of EEG channels, wherein each EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels comprises a plurality of EEG instances;   receiving video data of a subject from which the received EEG data is based;   correlating each EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances to a respective portion of the video data in a database;   receiving a first user input selecting a first EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances;   in response to receiving the first user input, cross-referencing the first EEG instance with the database to determine a first portion of the video data that corresponds to the first EEG instance; and   generating for display, on a display device, the first portion.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating for display, on the display screen, a graphical representation of each EEG channel; and   overlaying the first portion on the graphical representation of each EEG channel.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 generating for display the graphical representation of each EEG channel in a region of the display screen; and   determining a plurality of sub-regions within the region, wherein a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions corresponds to the first portion.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 determining that the first EEG instance corresponds to the first sub-region;   determining that a second EEG instance corresponds to the first sub-region; and   generating for display the first portion in response to a user input selecting either the first EEG instance or the second EEG instance.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the first EEG instance corresponds to a first EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels and the second EEG instance corresponds to a second EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the first user input selecting the first EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances comprises hovering an on-screen icon in the first sub-region. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 while the first portion is generated for display, receiving a second user input selecting a second EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances;   in response to receiving the second user input, cross-referencing the second EEG instance with the database to determine a second portion of the video data that corresponds to the first EEG instance; and   replacing, on the display device, the first portion with the second portion.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 generating a time stamp for the first instance that corresponds to a location in the received EEG data;   generating a time stamp for the first portion that corresponds to a location of the first portion in the video data; and   determining that the time stamp for the first portion corresponds to the time stamp for the first portion.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the location in the received EEG data corresponds to a first sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions in a region of the display screen corresponding to a graphical representation of each EEG channel. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the first sub-region corresponds to the first instance that corresponds to a first EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels and a second EEG instance that corresponds to a second EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels. 
     
     
         11 . A system of correlating brain activity to physical manifestations, the system comprising:
 a database; and   control circuitry configured to:
 receive electroencephalography (“EEG”) data comprising a plurality of EEG channels, wherein each EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels comprises a plurality of EEG instances; 
 receive video data of a subject from which the received EEG data is based; 
 correlate each EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances to a respective portion of the video data in the database; 
 receive a first user input selecting a first EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances; 
 in response to receiving the first user input, cross-reference the first EEG instance with the database to determine a first portion of the video data that corresponds to the first EEG instance; and 
 generate for display, on a display device, the first portion. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 generate for display, on the display screen, a graphical representation of each EEG channel; and   overlay the first portion on the graphical representation of each EEG channel.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 generate for display the graphical representation of each EEG channel in a region of the display screen; and   determine a plurality of sub-regions within the region, wherein a first sub-region of the plurality of sub-regions corresponds to the first portion.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 determine that the first EEG instance corresponds to the first sub-region;   determine that a second EEG instance corresponds to the first sub-region; and   generate for display the first portion in response to a user input selecting either the first EEG instance or the second EEG instance.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14 , wherein the first EEG instance corresponds to a first EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels and the second EEG instance corresponds to a second EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the first user input selecting the first EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances comprises hovering an on-screen icon in the first sub-region. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 while the first portion is generated for display, receive a second user input selecting a second EEG instance of the plurality of EEG instances;   in response to receiving the second user input, cross-reference the second EEG instance with the database to determine a second portion of the video data that corresponds to the first EEG instance; and   replace, on the display device, the first portion with the second portion.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
 generate a time stamp for the first instance that corresponds to a location in the received EEG data;   generate a time stamp for the first portion that corresponds to a location of the first portion in the video data; and   determine that the time stamp for the first portion corresponds to the time stamp for the first portion.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the location in the received EEG data corresponds to a first sub-region of a plurality of sub-regions in a region of the display screen corresponding to a graphical representation of each EEG channel. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , wherein the first sub-region corresponds to the first instance that corresponds to a first EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels and a second EEG instance that corresponds to a second EEG channel of the plurality of EEG channels.