Towards the next generation of near-infrared spectroscopy

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

Volumn 369, Issue 1955, 2011, Pages 4425-4439

  Hoshi, Yoko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continuous wave; Diffuse optical tomography; Near infrared spectroscopy; Time resolved spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; BRAIN; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; OXYGENATION; TEXTILES; TISSUE;

BRAIN ACTIVATION; CEREBRAL TISSUES; CLINICAL MONITORING; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAEMOGLOBINS; NEAR INFRARED; NEURO-IMAGING; POTENTIAL TECHNIQUES; QUANTITATIVE DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HEMOGLOBIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 82255193365     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0262     Document Type: Review

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