Cerebral blood oxygenation changes induced by visual stimulation in humans

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 399-404

  Wenzel, Rüdiger ^a   Obrig, Hellmuth ^a   Ruben, Jan ^a   Villringer, Kersten ^b   Thiel, Andreas ^c   Bernarding, Johannes ^c   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Radiologische Klinik   (Germany)

^c UKBF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemodynamics; Near infrared spectroscopy; Visual stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000342025     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.251465     Document Type: Article

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