Functional Neuroimaging

Optical Approaches
  • Arno Villringer
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Part of the Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology book series (AEMB, volume 413)

Abstract

Optical methods assess different types of light tissue interactions such as light absorption, fluorescence, phosphoresence, scattering, and Doppler shift. In this article, it is reviewed how these different types of light-tissue interactions can be measured and how these measurements can be related to brain function. Based on these considerations, a new classification scheme of functional optical methods is proposed.

Keywords

Cerebral Blood Flow Laser Doppler Flowmetry Cereb Blood Flow Optical Intrinsic Signal Functional Brain Activation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Arno Villringer
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  1. 1.Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Medizinische Fakultät (Charité)Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlinGermany

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