Novel method for depth-resolved brain functional imaging by time-domain NIRS

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6629, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Contini, Davide ^a   Spinelu, Lorenzo ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood tissue constituent monitoring; Medical optics instrumentation; Photon migration; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BLOOD/TISSUE CONSTITUENT MONITORING; MEDICAL OPTICS INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON MIGRATION; TIME-RESOLVED IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 36248941455     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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