Measurement of brain activity by near-infrared light

E Gratton, V Toronov, U Wolf, M Wolf… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We review our most recent results on near-IR studies of human brain activity, which have
been evolving in two directions: detection of neuronal signals and measurements of …

Cerebral hemodynamics measured by near-infrared spectroscopy at rest and during motor activation

MA Franceschini, S Fantini, V Toronov… - In Vivo optical Imaging …, 1999 - opg.optica.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging are powerful tools to detect and continuously
monitor the cerebral hemodynamic and oxygenation changes induced by brain activity …

Optical Imaging of Brain Function.

G Gratton, M Fabiani - 2006 - books.google.com
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 …

Noninvasive near infrared optical imaging of human brain function with subsecond temporal resolution

M Fabiani, G Gratton… - Journal of Biomedical …, 1996 - spiedigitallibrary.org
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 …

Study of local cerebral hemodynamics by frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy and correlation with simultaneously acquired functional magnetic resonance …

V Toronov, A Webb, JH Choi, M Wolf, L Safonova… - Optics …, 2001 - opg.optica.org
The aim of our study was to explore the possibility of detecting hemodynamic changes in the
brain using the phase of the intensity modulated optical signal. To obtain optical signals with …

Investigation of human brain hemodynamics by simultaneous near‐infrared spectroscopy and functional magnetic resonance imaging

V Toronov, A Webb, JH Choi, M Wolf… - Medical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to compare functional cerebral hemodynamic signals obtained
simultaneously by near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and by functional magnetic resonance …

Functional near‐infrared optical imaging: Utility and limitations in human brain mapping

Y Hoshi - psychophysiology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Functional frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy detects fast neuronal signal in the motor cortex

M Wolf, U Wolf, JH Choi, R Gupta, LP Safonova… - Neuroimage, 2002 - Elsevier
Millisecond changes in the optical properties of the human brain during stimulation were
detected in five volunteers using noninvasive frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy …

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 …

Activation of visual cortex imaged by 24 channel near-infrared spectroscopy

K Takahashi, S Ogata, R Yamamoto… - … of biomedical optics, 2000 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a noninvasive technique for continuous monitoring of
the amounts of total hemoglobin (total-Hb), oxygenated hemoglobin,(oxy-Hb) and …