Near infrared optical technologies to illuminate the status of the neonatal brain

Current Pediatric Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-86

  Liao, Steve M ^a   Culver, Joseph P ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse optical imaging (DOI); Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Neonates

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSE OPTICAL IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN DISEASES; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; OXIMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; NEUROMONITORING; NEWBORN MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; RESTING STATE NETWORK;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPTICAL IMAGING; OXIMETRY; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84925884627     PISSN: 15733963     EISSN: 18756336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339631001140408121507     Document Type: Article

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