Simulation of near-infrared light absorption considering individual head and prefrontal cortex anatomy: implications for optical neuroimaging

FB Haeussinger, S Heinzel, T Hahn, M Schecklmann… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an established optical neuroimaging
method for measuring functional hemodynamic responses to infer neural activation …

A hybrid model for analysis of laser beam distortions using Monte Carlo and shack–hartmann techniques: numerical study and experimental results

I Galaktionov, J Sheldakova, A Nikitin, V Toporovsky… - Algorithms, 2023 - mdpi.com
The hybrid model for analyzing distortions of a laser beam passed through a moderately
scattering medium with the number of scattering events up to 10 is developed and …

Laser light scattering in turbid media Part I: Experimental and simulated results for the spatial intensity distribution

E Berrocal, DL Sedarsky, ME Paciaroni, IV Meglinski… - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the scattering and multiple scattering of a typical laser beam (λ= 800 nm) in
the intermediate scattering regime. The turbid media used in this work are homogeneous …

Advances in the transport of laser radiation to the brain with optical clearing: From simulation to reality

AS Shanshool, S Ziaee, MA Ansari… - Progress in Quantum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Advanced laser methods have recently been used in human and animal head tissues for
functional and molecular imaging. Combining these approaches with various probes and …

Cortical correlates of auditory sensory gating: a simultaneous near-infrared spectroscopy event-related potential study

AC Ehlis, TM Ringel, MM Plichta, MM Richter… - Neuroscience, 2009 - Elsevier
Sensory gating refers to the ability of cerebral networks to inhibit responding to irrelevant
environmental stimuli, a mechanism that protects the brain from information overflow. The …

Blood flow and oxygenation changes due to low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the cerebral cortex

RC Mesquita, OK Faseyitan… - Journal of …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) modulates processing in the human brain and is
therefore of interest as a treatment modality for neurologic conditions. During TMS …

Influence of probe pressure on the diffuse correlation spectroscopy blood flow signal: extra-cerebral contributions

RC Mesquita, SS Schenkel, DL Minkoff, X Lu… - Biomedical optics …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
A pilot study explores relative contributions of extra-cerebral (scalp/skull) versus brain
(cerebral) tissues to the blood flow index determined by diffuse correlation spectroscopy …

Sparsity enhanced spatial resolution and depth localization in diffuse optical tomography

VC Kavuri, ZJ Lin, F Tian, H Liu - Biomedical Optics Express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
In diffuse optical tomography (DOT), researchers often face challenges to accurately recover
the depth and size of the reconstructed objects. Recent development of the Depth …

Investigation of the source‐detector separation in near infrared spectroscopy for healthy and clinical applications

L Wang, H Ayaz, M Izzetoglu - Journal of biophotonics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding near infrared light propagation in tissue is vital for designing next generation
optical brain imaging devices. Monte Carlo (MC) simulations provide a controlled …

Depth-compensated diffuse optical tomography enhanced by general linear model analysis and an anatomical atlas of human head

F Tian, H Liu - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges in functional diffuse optical tomography (DOT) is to accurately
recover the depth of brain activation, which is even more essential when differentiating true …