Near-infrared diffuse optical tomography (DOT), one of the most sophisticated optical
imaging techniques for observations through biological tissue, allows 3-D quantitative …

This article reviews the basic principles of frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FD-
NIRS), which relies on intensity-modulated light sources and phase-sensitive optical …

This report is the second part of a comprehensive two-part series aimed at reviewing an
extensive and diverse toolkit of novel methods to explore brain health and function. While …

The success of fluorescence experiments requires attention to experimental details and an
understanding of the instrumentation. There are also many potential artifacts that can distort …

1.1 Propagation of continuous-wave light in tissues 3 1.1. 1 Basic principles, and major
scatterers and absorbers 3 1.1. 2 Theoretical description 11 1.1. 3 Monte Carlo simulation …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to noninvasively monitor adult human
brain function in a wide variety of tasks. While rough spatial correspondences with maps …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can be used to noninvasively measure changes in the
concentrations of oxy-and deoxyhemoglobin in tissue. We have previously shown that while …

The diffusion approximation of the radiative transfer equation is a model used widely to
describe photon migration in highly diffusing media and is an important matter in biological …

Local and superficial near-infrared (NIR) optical-property characterization of turbid biological
tissues can be achieved by measurement of spatially resolved diffuse reflectance at small …

Predictions from Mie theory regarding the wavelength dependence of scattering in tissue
from the near UV to the near IR are discussed and compared with experiments on tissue …