Using near-infrared spectroscopy to assess neural activation during object processing in infants

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Wilcox, Teresa ^a   Bortfeld, Heather ^a   Woods, Rebecca ^a   Wruck, Eric ^a   Boas, David A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Infants; Object processing; Optics; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICAL IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICS; PROBES;

INFANTS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEURAL ACTIVITY; OBJECT PROCESSING; OPTICAL IMAGING;

BRAIN;

EID: 23044455366     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1852551     Document Type: Article

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