Markers for use in screening patients for nervous system dysfunction and a method and apparatus for using same

摘要

A marker for use in screening patients for nervous system dysfunction and a method of producing the marker. The marker is a digital profile of a brain having a particular nervous system dysfunction that is used for screening patients for that nervous system dysfunction. The digital profile consists of a grid of values that are a numerical representation of graphical images of functional activity in the brain having that nervous systems dysfunction. The marker is produced by selecting a nervous system dysfunction and by creating a digital profile of predetermined functional activity at a plurality of sets of predetermined coordinates of a given brain geometry. The marker can also be used to screen patients for any specific functional brain activity not limited to nervous system dysfunctions.