A brief review on the history of human functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) development and fields of application

M Ferrari, V Quaresima - Neuroimage, 2012 - Elsevier
This review is aimed at celebrating the upcoming 20th anniversary of the birth of human
functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). After the discovery in 1992 that the functional …

Diffuse optics for tissue monitoring and tomography

T Durduran, R Choe, WB Baker… - Reports on progress in …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
This review describes the diffusion model for light transport in tissues and the medical
applications of diffuse light. Diffuse optics is particularly useful for measurement of tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Optical imaging and spectroscopy for the study of the human brain: status report

H Ayaz, WB Baker, G Blaney, DA Boas… - …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
This report is the second part of a comprehensive two-part series aimed at reviewing an
extensive and diverse toolkit of novel methods to explore brain health and function. While …

Non-invasive optical spectroscopy and imaging of human brain function

A Villringer, B Chance - Trends in neurosciences, 1997 - cell.com
Brain activity is associated with changes in optical properties of brain tissue. Optical
measurements during brain activation can assess haemoglobin oxygenation, cytochrome-c …

A quantitative comparison of simultaneous BOLD fMRI and NIRS recordings during functional brain activation

G Strangman, JP Culver, JH Thompson, DA Boas - Neuroimage, 2002 - Elsevier
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used to noninvasively monitor adult human
brain function in a wide variety of tasks. While rough spatial correspondences with maps …

[HTML][HTML] Pulsed out of awareness: EEG alpha oscillations represent a pulsed-inhibition of ongoing cortical processing

KE Mathewson, A Lleras, DM Beck, M Fabiani… - Frontiers in …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Alpha oscillations are ubiquitous in the brain, but their role in cortical processing remains a
matter of debate. Recently, evidence has begun to accumulate in support of a role for alpha …

Overview of diffuse optical tomography and its clinical applications

Y Hoshi, Y Yamada - Journal of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Near-infrared diffuse optical tomography (DOT), one of the most sophisticated optical
imaging techniques for observations through biological tissue, allows 3-D quantitative …

Recent advances in diffuse optical imaging

AP Gibson, JC Hebden, SR Arridge - Physics in medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS): an emerging neuroimaging technology with important applications for the study of brain disorders

F Irani, SM Platek, S Bunce, AC Ruocco… - The Clinical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an emerging functional neuroimaging
technology offering a relatively non-invasive, safe, portable, and low-cost method of indirect …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency-domain techniques for cerebral and functional near-infrared spectroscopy

S Fantini, A Sassaroli - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This article reviews the basic principles of frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (FD-
NIRS), which relies on intensity-modulated light sources and phase-sensitive optical …