Masa aki Sato

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Affiliation: ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Hierarchical Bayesian estimation for MEG inverse problem
    Masa aki Sato
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, 2 2 2 Hikaridai, Seika, Soraku, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 23:806-26. 2004
  2. ncbi Evaluation of hierarchical Bayesian method through retinotopic brain activities reconstruction from fMRI and MEG signals
    Taku Yoshioka
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Soraku, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 42:1397-413. 2008
  3. ncbi Cortical current source estimation from electroencephalography in combination with near-infrared spectroscopy as a hierarchical prior
    Takatsugu Aihara
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 59:4006-21. 2012
  4. ncbi Sparse estimation automatically selects voxels relevant for the decoding of fMRI activity patterns
    Okito Yamashita
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Japan
    Neuroimage 42:1414-29. 2008
  5. ncbi Premotor cortex mediates perceptual performance
    Daniel Callan
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
    Neuroimage 51:844-58. 2010
  6. ncbi A hierarchical Bayesian method to resolve an inverse problem of MEG contaminated with eye movement artifacts
    Yusuke Fujiwara
    Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630 0192, Japan
    Neuroimage 45:393-409. 2009
  7. ncbi A generalized method to estimate waveforms common across trials from EEGs
    Yusuke Takeda
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, 2 2 2 Hikaridai, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 51:629-41. 2010
  8. ncbi Hierarchical Bayesian estimation improves depth accuracy and spatial resolution of diffuse optical tomography
    Takeaki Shimokawa
    ATR Neural Information Analysis Laboratories, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Opt Express 20:20427-46. 2012
  9. ncbi Single-trial reconstruction of finger-pinch forces from human motor-cortical activation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
    Isao Nambu
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
    Neuroimage 47:628-37. 2009
  10. ncbi The effects of feature attention on prestimulus cortical activity in the human visual system
    Kazuhisa Shibata
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science, 8916 5 Takayama cho, Ikoma shi, Nara 630 0101, Japan
    Cereb Cortex 18:1664-75. 2008

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Publications11

  1. ncbi Hierarchical Bayesian estimation for MEG inverse problem
    Masa aki Sato
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, 2 2 2 Hikaridai, Seika, Soraku, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 23:806-26. 2004
    ..Simulation results demonstrate that our method appropriately resolves the inverse problem even if fMRI data convey inaccurate information, while the Wiener filter method is seriously deteriorated by inaccurate fMRI information...
  2. ncbi Evaluation of hierarchical Bayesian method through retinotopic brain activities reconstruction from fMRI and MEG signals
    Taku Yoshioka
    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Soraku, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 42:1397-413. 2008
    ..These results indicate the potential capability for the hierarchical Bayesian method combining MEG with fMRI to improve the spatiotemporal resolution of noninvasive brain activity measurement...
  3. ncbi Cortical current source estimation from electroencephalography in combination with near-infrared spectroscopy as a hierarchical prior
    Takatsugu Aihara
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 59:4006-21. 2012
    ..The results suggest that VBMEG with NIRS prior performs well, even with as few as 19 EEG sensors. These findings indicate the potential value of clinically applying VBMEG using a combination of EEG and NIRS...
  4. ncbi Sparse estimation automatically selects voxels relevant for the decoding of fMRI activity patterns
    Okito Yamashita
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Japan
    Neuroimage 42:1414-29. 2008
    ..We conclude that SLR provides a robust method for fMRI decoding and can also serve as a stand-alone tool for voxel selection...
  5. ncbi Premotor cortex mediates perceptual performance
    Daniel Callan
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
    Neuroimage 51:844-58. 2010
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  6. ncbi A hierarchical Bayesian method to resolve an inverse problem of MEG contaminated with eye movement artifacts
    Yusuke Fujiwara
    Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara 630 0192, Japan
    Neuroimage 45:393-409. 2009
    ..Our method should be widely applicable to MEG data obtained in tasks with non-negligible eye movements...
  7. ncbi A generalized method to estimate waveforms common across trials from EEGs
    Yusuke Takeda
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, 2 2 2 Hikaridai, Keihanna Science City, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Neuroimage 51:629-41. 2010
    ..This method can be used in general situations where the number and the delays of EEG waveforms common across trials are unknown...
  8. ncbi Hierarchical Bayesian estimation improves depth accuracy and spatial resolution of diffuse optical tomography
    Takeaki Shimokawa
    ATR Neural Information Analysis Laboratories, Kyoto 619 0288, Japan
    Opt Express 20:20427-46. 2012
    ..This discrimination ability was possible even if the depths of the two absorbers were different from each other. These results show the high spatial resolution of the proposed method in both depth and horizontal directions...
  9. ncbi Single-trial reconstruction of finger-pinch forces from human motor-cortical activation measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
    Isao Nambu
    ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
    Neuroimage 47:628-37. 2009
    ..These data demonstrate the potential for reconstructing different levels of external loads (forces) from those of the internal loads (activation) in the human brain using NIRS...
  10. ncbi The effects of feature attention on prestimulus cortical activity in the human visual system
    Kazuhisa Shibata
    Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Graduate School of Information Science, 8916 5 Takayama cho, Ikoma shi, Nara 630 0101, Japan
    Cereb Cortex 18:1664-75. 2008
    ..These results suggest that, although both spatial and feature attention modulate prestimulus activity within specific visual areas, neural mechanisms underlying these effects might be different...
  11. ncbi A Bayesian missing value estimation method for gene expression profile data
    Shigeyuki Oba
    Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma 630-0192, Japan
    Bioinformatics 19:2088-96. 2003
    ..Accordingly, the BPCA method provides accurate and convenient estimation for missing values. AVAILABILITY: The software is available at http://hawaii.aist-nara.ac.jp/~shige-o/tools/...