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Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system

This study’s purpose is to characterize the performance of a prototype functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) headband meant to enable quick and easy measurements from the sensorimotor cortices. The fact that fNIRS is well-suited to ergonomic designs (i.e., their ability to be made wireless,...

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Autores principales: Friesen, Christopher L., Lawrence, Michael, Ingram, Tony G. J., Smith, Megan M., Hamilton, Eric A., Holland, Christopher W., Neyedli, Heather F., Boe, Shaun G.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35834524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269654
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author Friesen, Christopher L.
Lawrence, Michael
Ingram, Tony G. J.
Smith, Megan M.
Hamilton, Eric A.
Holland, Christopher W.
Neyedli, Heather F.
Boe, Shaun G.
author_facet Friesen, Christopher L.
Lawrence, Michael
Ingram, Tony G. J.
Smith, Megan M.
Hamilton, Eric A.
Holland, Christopher W.
Neyedli, Heather F.
Boe, Shaun G.
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description This study’s purpose is to characterize the performance of a prototype functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) headband meant to enable quick and easy measurements from the sensorimotor cortices. The fact that fNIRS is well-suited to ergonomic designs (i.e., their ability to be made wireless, their relative robustness to movement artifacts among other characteristics) has resulted in many recent examples of novel ergonomic fNIRS systems; however, the optical nature of fNIRS measurement presents an inherent challenge to measurement at areas of the brain underlying haired parts of the head. It is for this reason that the majority of ergonomic fNIRS systems that have been developed to date target the prefrontal cortex. In the present study we compared the performance of a novel, portable fNIRS headband compared with a stationary full headcap fNIRS system to measure sensorimotor activity during simple upper- and lower-extremity tasks, in healthy individuals >50 years of age. Both fNIRS systems demonstrated the expected pattern of hemodynamic activity in both upper- and lower-extremity tasks, and a comparison of the contrast-to-noise ratio between the two systems suggests the prototype fNIRS headband is non-inferior to a full head cap fNIRS system regarding the ability to detect a physiological response at the sensorimotor cortex during these tasks. These results suggest the use of a wireless and fibreless fNIRS design is feasible for measurement at the sensorimotor cortex.
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spelling pubmed-92826172022-07-15 Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system Friesen, Christopher L. Lawrence, Michael Ingram, Tony G. J. Smith, Megan M. Hamilton, Eric A. Holland, Christopher W. Neyedli, Heather F. Boe, Shaun G. PLoS One Research Article This study’s purpose is to characterize the performance of a prototype functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) headband meant to enable quick and easy measurements from the sensorimotor cortices. The fact that fNIRS is well-suited to ergonomic designs (i.e., their ability to be made wireless, their relative robustness to movement artifacts among other characteristics) has resulted in many recent examples of novel ergonomic fNIRS systems; however, the optical nature of fNIRS measurement presents an inherent challenge to measurement at areas of the brain underlying haired parts of the head. It is for this reason that the majority of ergonomic fNIRS systems that have been developed to date target the prefrontal cortex. In the present study we compared the performance of a novel, portable fNIRS headband compared with a stationary full headcap fNIRS system to measure sensorimotor activity during simple upper- and lower-extremity tasks, in healthy individuals >50 years of age. Both fNIRS systems demonstrated the expected pattern of hemodynamic activity in both upper- and lower-extremity tasks, and a comparison of the contrast-to-noise ratio between the two systems suggests the prototype fNIRS headband is non-inferior to a full head cap fNIRS system regarding the ability to detect a physiological response at the sensorimotor cortex during these tasks. These results suggest the use of a wireless and fibreless fNIRS design is feasible for measurement at the sensorimotor cortex. Public Library of Science 2022-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9282617/ /pubmed/35834524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269654 Text en © 2022 Friesen et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Friesen, Christopher L.
Lawrence, Michael
Ingram, Tony G. J.
Smith, Megan M.
Hamilton, Eric A.
Holland, Christopher W.
Neyedli, Heather F.
Boe, Shaun G.
Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title_full Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title_fullStr Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title_full_unstemmed Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title_short Portable wireless and fibreless fNIRS headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
title_sort portable wireless and fibreless fnirs headband compares favorably to a stationary headcap-based system
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35834524
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0269654
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