Near infrared spectroscopy to study the brain: An overview

Opto-Electronics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Wolf, M ^a   Morren, G ^a   Haensse, D ^a   Karen, T ^a   Wolf, U ^a   Fauchere J C ^a   Bucher, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Functional activation; Near infrared imaging; Near infrared spectrometry

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BRAIN FUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION; FUNCTIONAL SIGNALS; HEMODYNAMIC SIGNALS; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 53149111503     PISSN: 12303402     EISSN: 18963757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11772-008-0042-z     Document Type: Article

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