Beyond the visible - Imaging the human brain with light

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Obrig, Hellmuth ^a   Villringer, Arno ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral oxygenation; Near infrared spectroscopy; Noninvasive; Vascular imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL SWELLING; HUMAN; IMAGING; LIGHT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0037215482     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WCB.0000043472.45775.29     Document Type: Review

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