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Development of a Near Infrared Multi-Wavelength, Multi-Channel, Time-Resolved Spectrometer for Measuring Brain Tissue Haemodynamics and Metabolism

We present a novel time domain functional near infrared spectroscopy system using a supercontinuum laser allowing us to measure the coefficient of absorption and scattering of up to 16 multiplexed wavelengths in the near infrared region. This is a four detector system that generates up to 3 mW of li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dunne, Luke, Hebden, Jem, Tachtsidis, Ilias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer New York 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24729231
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0620-8_24
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Sumario:We present a novel time domain functional near infrared spectroscopy system using a supercontinuum laser allowing us to measure the coefficient of absorption and scattering of up to 16 multiplexed wavelengths in the near infrared region. This is a four detector system that generates up to 3 mW of light for each wavelength with a narrow 2–3 nm FWHM bandwidth between 650 and 890 nm; each measurement of 16 wavelengths per channel can be performed up to a rate of 1 Hz. We can therefore quantify absolute haemoglobin changes in tissue and are currently investigating which and how many wavelengths are needed to resolve additional chromophores in tissue, such as water and the oxidation state of cytochrome-c-oxidase.