Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: Potential and Limitations in Neuroimaging Studies

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2005, Pages 237-266

  Hoshi, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; EVALUATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33644753954     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)66008-4     Document Type: Review

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