Theoretical and experimental investigation of near-infrared light propagation in a model of the adult head

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-31

  Okada, Eiji ^a,b   Firbank, Michael ^a   Schweiger, Martin ^a   Arridge, Simon R ^a   Cope, Mark ^a   Delpy, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical path length; Oxygenation monitoring; Spatial sensitivity profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002480057     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000021     Document Type: Article

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