A brief review on the history of human functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) development and fields of application

M Ferrari, V Quaresima - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
This review is aimed at celebrating the upcoming 20th anniversary of the birth of human
functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). After the discovery in 1992 that the functional …

Optical tomography in medical imaging

SR Arridge - Inverse problems, 1999 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a review of methods for the forward and inverse problems in optical tomography.
We limit ourselves to the highly scattering case found in applications in medical imaging …

A quantitative comparison of NIRS and fMRI across multiple cognitive tasks

X Cui, S Bray, DM Bryant, GH Glover, AL Reiss - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an increasingly popular technology for studying brain
function. NIRS presents several advantages relative to functional magnetic resonance …

Non-invasive optical spectroscopy and imaging of human brain function

A Villringer, B Chance - Trends in neurosciences, 1997 - cell.com
Brain activity is associated with changes in optical properties of brain tissue. Optical
measurements during brain activation can assess haemoglobin oxygenation, cytochrome-c …

Illuminating the develo** brain: the past, present and future of functional near infrared spectroscopy

S Lloyd-Fox, A Blasi, CE Elwell - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
A decade has passed since near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was first applied to functional
brain imaging in infants. As part of the team that published the first functional near infrared …

General equation for the differential pathlength factor of the frontal human head depending on wavelength and age

F Scholkmann, M Wolf - Journal of biomedical optics, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Continuous-wave near-infrared spectroscopy and near-infrared imaging enable the
measurement of relative concentration changes in oxy-and deoxyhemoglobin and thus …

Three-dimensional probabilistic anatomical cranio-cerebral correlation via the international 10–20 system oriented for transcranial functional brain map**

M Okamoto, H Dan, K Sakamoto, K Takeo, K Shimizu… - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
The recent advent of multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has expanded its
technical potential for human brain map**. However, NIRS measurement has a technical …

Optical tomography: forward and inverse problems

SR Arridge, JC Schotland - Inverse problems, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This is a review of recent mathematical and computational advances in optical tomography.
We discuss the physical foundations of forward models for light propagation on microscopic …

fNIRS study of walking and walking while talking in young and old individuals

R Holtzer, JR Mahoney, M Izzetoglu… - … Series A: Biomedical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background. Evidence suggests that gait is influenced by higher order cognitive and cortical
control mechanisms. However, less is known about the functional correlates of cortical …

Diffuse optical imaging of brain activation: approaches to optimizing image sensitivity, resolution, and accuracy

DA Boas, AM Dale, MA Franceschini - Neuroimage, 2004 - Elsevier
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse optical imaging (DOI) are finding widespread
application in the study of human brain activation, motivating further application-specific …