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6 August 2014 Sensitivity of near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy to brain hemodynamics: simulations and experimental findings during hypercapnia
Juliette J. Selb, David A. Boas, Suk-Tak Chan, Karleyton C. Evans, Erin M. Buckley, Stefan A. Carp
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Neurophotonics, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 015005 (August 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.1.1.015005
Abstract
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) are two diffuse optical technologies for brain imaging that are sensitive to changes in hemoglobin concentrations and blood flow, respectively. Measurements for both modalities are acquired on the scalp, and therefore hemodynamic processes in the extracerebral vasculature confound the interpretation of cortical hemodynamic signals. The sensitivity of NIRS to the brain versus the extracerebral tissue and the contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of NIRS to cerebral hemodynamic responses have been well characterized, but the same has not been evaluated for DCS. This is important to assess in order to understand their relative capabilities in measuring cerebral physiological changes. We present Monte Carlo simulations on a head model that demonstrate that the relative brain-to-scalp sensitivity is about three times higher for DCS (0.3 at 3 cm) than for NIRS (0.1 at 3 cm). However, because DCS has higher levels of noise due to photon-counting detection, the CNR is similar for both modalities in response to a physiologically realistic simulation of brain activation. Even so, we also observed higher CNR of the hemodynamic response during graded hypercapnia in adult subjects with DCS than with NIRS.
© 2014 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 0091-3286/2014/$25.00 © 2014 SPIE
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Juliette J. Selb, David A. Boas, Suk-Tak Chan, Karleyton C. Evans, Erin M. Buckley, and Stefan A. Carp "Sensitivity of near-infrared spectroscopy and diffuse correlation spectroscopy to brain hemodynamics: simulations and experimental findings during hypercapnia," Neurophotonics 1(1), 015005 (6 August 2014). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.1.1.015005
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Near infrared spectroscopy
Brain
Monte Carlo methods
Mercury
Blood circulation
Hemodynamics
Blood
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