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AUTHOR(S): Costin Andrei Bratan, Alexandra-Georgiana Andrei, Claudia Tocila-Matasel, Ana Voichita Tebeanu, Bogdan Morosanu, Eduard Franti, Monica Dascalu, Gabriela Bobes, Ionut Popescu, Bogdan Ionescu, Gheorghe Iana, Adriana Georgiana Goian, Gabriela Iorgulescu
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TITLE Detecting Brain Oxygenation Changes during Screaming: A Deep Learning Approach to MRI Analysis |
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ABSTRACT Screaming, often seen as a primal response to intense emotion, serves as a cathartic outlet that helps individuals release pent-up negative emotions, especially during moments of anxiety. Psychologists have long recognized the therapeutic value of this emotional release and have incorporated it into various treatment modalities. This study seeks to explore changes in brain oxygenation levels captured in MRI scans during the act of screaming and to determine whether these changes can be detected using deep learning models. MRI scans were performed on four subjects to assess brain oxygenation levels during screaming. Each subject underwent two MRI recordings: one before screaming and one during. The resulting images were analyzed using deep learning algorithms trained to identify differences between the two states. An AlexNet classifier was employed, and the results indicated significant changes in brain oxygenation during screaming, detectable with an accuracy of 89.92%. These findings highlight clear distinctions between brain activity in non-screaming and screaming states, demonstrating the potential of MRI-based analysis in detecting such physiological changes. The study concludes by discussing open questions, lessons learned, and the promising directions for future research. This innovative approach, even without relying on dedicated functional MRI (fMRI), underscores the value of using texture data extracted from standard MRI images to deepen our understanding of the brain's functional responses during intense emotional expression. |
KEYWORDS catharsis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Convolutional neural networks |
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Cite this paper Costin Andrei Bratan, Alexandra-Georgiana Andrei, Claudia Tocila-Matasel, Ana Voichita Tebeanu, Bogdan Morosanu, Eduard Franti, Monica Dascalu, Gabriela Bobes, Ionut Popescu, Bogdan Ionescu, Gheorghe Iana, Adriana Georgiana Goian, Gabriela Iorgulescu. (2025) Detecting Brain Oxygenation Changes during Screaming: A Deep Learning Approach to MRI Analysis. International Journal of Biology and Biomedicine, 10, 1-8 |
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