Low-frequency spontaneous oscillations of cerebral hemodynamics investigated with near-infrared spectroscopy: A review

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1478-1492

  Sassaroli, Angelo ^a   Pierro, Michele ^a   Bergethon, Peter R ^b   Fantini, Sergio ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral autoregulation; functional connectivity (FC); Low frequency oscillations (LFOs); near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATIONS; BRAIN RESEARCH; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION; CEREBRAL HEMODYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MRI; IMAGING TISSUES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; OSCILLATORY COMPONENTS; RELATIVE PHASE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; VASCULAR SYSTEM;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; TEXTILES; TISSUE;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84863945448     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2012.2183581     Document Type: Review

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