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 …

Continuous monitoring of brain dynamics with functional near infrared spectroscopy as a tool for neuroergonomic research: empirical examples and a technological …

H Ayaz, B Onaral, K Izzetoglu, PA Shewokis… - Frontiers in human …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive, safe, and portable optical
neuroimaging method that can be used to assess brain dynamics during skill acquisition …

Cerebral blood flow and autoregulation: current measurement techniques and prospects for noninvasive optical methods

S Fantini, A Sassaroli, KT Tgavalekos… - …, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral autoregulation (CA) are critically important to
maintain proper brain perfusion and supply the brain with the necessary oxygen and energy …

Optical pathlength measurements on adult head, calf and forearm and the head of the newborn infant using phase resolved optical spectroscopy

A Duncan, JH Meek, M Clemence… - Physics in Medicine …, 1995 - iopscience.iop.org
The authors have used an intensity modulated optical spectrometer, which measures the
phase shift across tissue experienced by intensity modulated near-infrared light, to …

Imaging the body with diffuse optical tomography

DA Boas, DH Brooks, EL Miller… - IEEE signal …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is an ongoing medical imaging modality in which tissue is
illuminated by near-infrared light from an array of sources, the multiply-scattered light which …

Factors affecting the accuracy of near-infrared spectroscopy concentration calculations for focal changes in oxygenation parameters

G Strangman, MA Franceschini, DA Boas - Neuroimage, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of cranial optical path length as a function of age using phase resolved near infrared spectroscopy

A Duncan, JH Meek, M Clemence, CE Elwell… - Pediatric …, 1996 - nature.com
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to measure concentration changes of
cerebral hemoglobin and cytochrome in neonates, children, and adults, to study cerebral …

Near-infrared spectroscopy: a methodology-focused review

A Pellicer, M del Carmen Bravo - Seminars in fetal and neonatal medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a light-based technology used to monitor tissue
oxygen status. Refinements to the method since it was first described have extended its …

Using MazeSuite and functional near infrared spectroscopy to study learning in spatial navigation

H Ayaz, PA Shewokis, A Curtin… - Journal of …, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
MazeSuite is a complete toolset to prepare, present and analyze navigational and spatial
experiments1. MazeSuite can be used to design and edit adapted virtual 3D environments …

[PDF][PDF] Near infrared spectroscopy

H Owen-Reece, M Smith, CE Elwell… - British journal of …, 1999 - bjanaesthesia.org
Despite significant advances in intensive care medicine, the management of brain injured
patients has been hampered by the inability of clinicians to observe real-time changes in …