Journal article - Review
THE EVOLUTION OF FIELD DEPLOYABLE fNIR SPECTROSCOPY FROM BENCH TO CLINICAL SETTINGS
Journal of innovative optical health science, v 4(3), pp 239-250
Jul 2011
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Dr. Britton Chance and his colleagues, using picosecond-long laser pulses, spearheaded the development of time-resolved spectroscopy techniques in an effort to obtain quantitative information about the optical characteristics of the tissue. These efforts by Chance and colleagues expedited the translation of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-based techniques into a neuroimaging modality for various cognitive studies. Beginning in the early 2000s, Dr. Britton Chance guided and steered the collaboration with the Optical Brain Imaging team at Drexel University toward the development and application of a field deployable continuous wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIR) system as a means to monitor cognitive functions, particularly during attention and working memory tasks as well as for complex tasks such as war games and air traffic control scenarios performed by healthy volunteers under operational conditions. Further, these collaborative efforts led to various clinical applications, including traumatic brain injury, depth of anesthesia monitoring, pediatric pain assessment, and brain–computer interface in neurology. In this paper, we introduce how these collaborative studies have made fNIR an excellent candidate for specified clinical and research applications, including repeated cortical neuroimaging, bedside or home monitoring, the elicitation of a positive effect, and protocols requiring ecological validity. This paper represents a token of our gratitude to Dr. Britton Chance for his influence and leadership. Through this manuscript we show our appreciation by contributing to his commemoration and through our work we will strive to advance the field of optical brain imaging and promote his legacy.
Metrics
Details
- Title
- THE EVOLUTION OF FIELD DEPLOYABLE fNIR SPECTROSCOPY FROM BENCH TO CLINICAL SETTINGS
- Creators
- KURTULUS IZZETOGLU - Drexel UniversityHASAN AYAZ - Drexel UniversityANNA MERZAGORA - Drexel UniversityMELTEM IZZETOGLU - Drexel UniversityPATRICIA A SHEWOKIS - Drexel UniversitySCOTT C BUNCE - Pennsylvania State UniversityKAMBIZ POURREZAEI - Drexel UniversityARYE ROSEN - Drexel UniversityBANU ONARAL - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of innovative optical health science, v 4(3), pp 239-250
- Publisher
- World Scientific Publishing
- Number of pages
- 12
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Nutrition Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000208648300006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79960796775
- Other Identifier
- 991014877986804721
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:
InCites Highlights
Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Optics
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging