The combination of reducing birth rate and increasing life expectancy continues to drive the
demographic shift toward an aging population. This, in turn, places an ever-increasing …

We review the current state-of-the-art of diffuse optical imaging, which is an emerging
technique for functional imaging of biological tissue. It involves generating images using …

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an increasingly popular technology for studying brain
function. NIRS presents several advantages relative to functional magnetic resonance …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurements of cytochrome-c-oxidase (CCO) have the
potential to yield crucial information about cerebral metabolism at the patient bedside …

A concise theoretical treatment is developed for the calculation of mean time, differential
pathlength, phase shift, modulation depth and integrated intensity of measurements of light …

Optical brain imaging has seen 30 years of intense development, and has grown into a rich
and diverse field. In-vivo imaging using light provides unprecedented sensitivity to functional …

Diffuse optical imaging (DOI) may be a beneficial diagnostic method for women with
mammographically dense breast tissue. In order to evaluate the utility of DOI, we are …

Spectroscopic photoacoustic imaging has the potential to discriminate between normal and
lipid-rich atheromatous areas of arterial tissue by exploiting the differences in the absorption …

A new approach based on pulsed photoacoustic spectroscopy for non-invasively quantifying
tissue chromophore concentrations with high spatial resolution has been developed. The …

Caressing touch is an effective way to communicate emotions and to create social bonds. It
is also one of the key mediators of early parental bonding. The caresses are generally …