Shedding light on the adult brain: A review of the clinical applications of near-infrared spectroscopy

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1955, 2011, Pages 4452-4469

  Smith, Martin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Cerebral metabolism; Cerebral oxygenation; Near infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; INFRARED DEVICES; METABOLISM; MONITORING; OXYGENATION; OXYGENATORS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURGE PROTECTION; TEXTILES;

ADULT BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PROTECTION; CARDIAC SURGERY; CEREBRAL OXYGENATION; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; HAEMODYNAMICS; MULTI-SITE; NON-INVASIVE; OXIDIZED CYTOCHROME; RAPID EXPANSION; SHEDDING LIGHT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME-RESOLVED;

BRAIN;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERY; CHEMISTRY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; THORAX SURGERY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CARDIOLOGY; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 82255163820     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0242     Document Type: Review

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