Illuminating the developing brain: The past, present and future of functional near infrared spectroscopy

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-284

  Lloyd Fox, S ^a   Blasi, A ^b   Elwell, C E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental neuroscience; Functional brain imaging; Infant; Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 72449140515     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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