… determination of the absorption coefficient, the scattering coefficient is measured directly. It
… V and Gratton E 1995 Cerebral and muscle oxygen saturation measurement by a frequency-…

… we used it to estimate cerebral blood flow in sick newborn … plex function of the scattering and
absorption coefficients of … does not increase blood flow to muscle or brain (17, 22), although …

… muscle [4]. The aims of this study were to monitor the μs changes during increases in total
cerebral … spectrometer have allowed measurement of optical scattering and absorption on the …

… absorption of light is small and, despite the strong scattering … are sensitive to absorption
changes in the brain. In adult … -wave NIRS measurements although smaller separations can be …

… derive an analytical expression for the absorption and scattering coefficients in a strongly
scattering medium ind~ently of a priori assumptions about the path length (FAmTm et aL, 1994a…

… have measured muscle and brain oxygenation with NIRS. However the absolute absorption
… (CW) intensity measurements due to the large amount of light scattering in tissue. Delpy et …

… changes in the oxygenation of the brain in the intact cat head. In this paper Jo$bsis (1977)
showed that changes in the spectrum measured … path length is increased due to scattering (…

… of one scattering length inside the … brain and not in the overlapping tissues (skull, muscle,
and scalp). Boas et al. reconstructed absorption changes only for nodes lying within the brain…

… severe technical difficulties in measuring the absorption and scattering coefficients. Two …
-directed scattered light flux. The values for 2, and C; for muscle and brain measured by the …

… and equipments for the brain tissue measurement, the scope of … where they undergo scattering
and absorption events within … changes, unless they are monitored independently (muscle …