Our understanding of human brain function can clearly benefit from neurophysiological
techniques capable of providing dynamic maps of activity. A series of studies is reviewed …

Brain activity is associated with changes in optical properties of brain tissue. Optical
measurements during brain activation can assess haemoglobin oxygenation, cytochrome-c …

In this chapter, we review the use of noninvasive optical imaging methods in studying
human brain function, with a view toward their possible applications to neuroergonomics …

Although near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was developed as a tool for clinical monitoring
of tissue oxygenation, it also has potential for neuroimaging. A wide range of different NIRS …

Changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral metabolic rates (CMRO2) have been
used as indices for changes in neuronal activity. Near–infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can …

The purpose of this chapter is to describe the use of optical methods to record in a
noninvasive fashion intrinsic signals related to neuronal activity (ie, fast signals). Fast …

Monitoring brain function with light in vivo has become a reality. The technology of detecting
and interpreting patterns of reflected light has reached a degree of maturity that now permits …

Light in the near-infrared range is only moderately absorbed by water, hemoglobin, and
other significant body substances (Wilson, Patterson & Flock, 1987) and therefore …

Diffuse optical imaging (DOI) alone offers the possibility of simultaneously and noninvasively
measuring neuronal and vascular signals in the brain with temporal resolution of up to 1 ms …

Near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging are powerful tools to detect and continuously
monitor the cerebral hemodynamic and oxygenation changes induced by brain activity …