Near-infrared light propagation in an adult head model. II. Effect of superficial tissue thickness on the sensitivity of the near-infrared spectroscopy signal

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2915-2922

  Okada, Eiji ^a   Delpy, David T ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TISSUE;

OPTICAL PATH;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKULL; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 0038548334     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002915     Document Type: Article

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