Near infrared spectroscopy reveals neural activation during face perception in infants and adults

G Csibra, J Henty, Á Volein, C Elwell… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2004 - thieme-connect.com
We used near infrared spectroscopy to measure changes in cerebral oxygenation in both
human infants and adults as they viewed images of faces or control" visual noise" stimuli. At …

Localized near–infrared spectroscopy and functional optical imaging of brain activity

M Tamura, Y Hoshi, F Okada - … Transactions of the …, 1997 - royalsocietypublishing.org
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 …

Anisotropy of light propagation in biological tissue

A Kienle, FK Forster, R Hibst - Optics letters, 2004 - opg.optica.org
We investigated the propagation of light in biological tissues that have aligned cylindrical
microstructures (eg, muscle, skin, bone, tooth). Because of pronounced anisotropic light …

Quantification in tissue near–infrared spectroscopy

DT Delpy, M Cope - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 1997 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In near–infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) of tissue, light attenuation is due to:(i) absorption from
chromophores of fixed concentration,(ii) absorption from chromophores of variable …

Hemodynamic evoked response of the sensorimotor cortex measured noninvasively with near‐infrared optical imaging

MA Franceschini, S Fantini, JH Thompson… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We have performed a noninvasive bilateral optical imaging study of the hemodynamic
evoked response to unilateral finger opposition task, finger tactile, and electrical median …

Time-resolved spectroscopy of hemoglobin and myoglobin in resting and ischemic muscle

B Chance, S Nioka, J Kent, K McCully, M Fountain… - Analytical …, 1988 - Elsevier
Difficulties of quantitation of hemoglobin/myoglobin absorption changes in muscle have led
to the development of a new approach using short pulses of light. This method uses input …

Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy: potential and limitations in neuroimaging studies

Y Hoshi - International Review of Neurobiology, 2005 - Elsevier
Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), a noninvasive optical technique, can measure changes
in hemoglobin (Hb) concentrations in brain tissue. Jöbsis first described the in vivo …

Non-invasive and quantitative near-infrared haemoglobin spectrometry in the piglet brain during hypoxic stress, using a frequency-domain multidistance instrument

DM Hueber, MA Franceschini, HY Ma… - Physics in Medicine …, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
The frequency-domain multiple-distance (FDMD) method is capable of measuring the
absolute absorption and reduced scattering coefficients of optically turbid media. Absolute …

Towards the next generation of near-infrared spectroscopy

Y Hoshi - … Transactions of the Royal Society A …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Although near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was originally designed for clinical monitoring
of tissue oxygenation, it has also been developing into a useful tool for neuroimaging …

Spectroscopic method for determination of the absorption coefficient in brain tissue

JD Johansson - Journal of biomedical optics, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
I use Monte Carlo simulations and phantom measurements to characterize a probe with
adjacent optical fibres for diffuse reflectance spectroscopy during stereotactic surgery in the …