Event-related functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS): Are the measurements reliable?

NeuroImage

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-124

  Plichta, M M ^a   Herrmann, M J ^a   Baehne, C G ^a   Ehlis, A C ^a   Richter, M M ^a   Pauli, P ^b   Fallgatter, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deoxygenated haemoglobin; Event related; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; NIRS; Oxygenated haemoglobin; Reproducibility; Test retest reliability; Time series analysis; Total haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS;

EID: 33646572592     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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