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 …

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 …

Using near-infrared spectroscopy to assess neural activation during object processing in infants

T Wilcox, H Bortfeld, R Woods… - Journal of biomedical …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The capacity to represent the world in terms of numerically distinct objects (ie, object
individuation) is a milestone in early cognitive development and forms the foundation for …

Multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy detects specific inferior-frontal activation during incongruent Stroop trials

AC Ehlis, MJ Herrmann, A Wagener, AJ Fallgatter - Biological psychology, 2005 - Elsevier
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an optical method, which allows non-invasive in vivo
measurements of changes in the concentration of oxygenated (O2Hb) and deoxygenated …

Intersubject variability of near-infrared spectroscopy signals during sensorimotor cortex activation

H Sato, Y Fuchino, M Kiguchi, T Katura… - … of biomedical optics, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We investigate the intersubject signal variability of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), which
is commonly used for noninvasive measurement of the product of the optical path length and …

Near-infrared optical topography to assess activation of the parietal cortex during a visuo-spatial task

MJ Herrmann, AC Ehlis, A Wagener, CP Jacob… - Neuropsychologia, 2005 - Elsevier
Multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a relatively new method to investigate
the brain activation, based on changes in oxygenated haemoglobin (O2Hb) and …

Simultaneous integrated diffuse optical tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain

X Zhang, VY Toronov, AG Webb - Optics express, 2005 - opg.optica.org
A complete methodology has been developed to integrate simultaneous diffuse optical
tomography (DOT) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements. This …

Relationship between cerebral activity and movement frequency of maximal finger tapping

N Kuboyama, T Nabetani, K Shibuya… - … and applied human …, 2005 - jstage.jst.go.jp
To examine the cerebral activity of the motor cortex during maximum movement, we
measured regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in twelve normal volunteers, using near …

Diffuse optical imaging

I Nissilä, T Noponen, J Heino, T Kajava… - … in electromagnetic fields …, 2005 - Springer
Diffuse optical imaging is a functional medical imaging modality which takes advantage of
the relatively low attenuation of near-infrared light to probe the internal optical properties of …

Optical topography with near-infrared spectroscopy during a verbal-fluency task

MJ Herrmann, AC Ehlis… - Journal of …, 2005 - econtent.hogrefe.com
In this study we investigated the changes in brain oxygenation in 22 subjects during a verbal
fluency task (VFT) using multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). To assess …