Title :
Diffuse Optical Tomography for Mapping Human Brain Function
Author :
Culver, Joseph P. ; Schlaggar, Bradley L. ; Dehghani, Hamid ; Zeff, Benjamin W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO
Abstract :
We present diffuse optical tomography of brain activity in the human visual cortex. A new, high-density imaging instrument improves spatial sampling and allows better discrimination of the cortical hemodynamic response and background signal
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; brain; haemodynamics; optical tomography; background signal; cortical hemodynamic response; diffuse optical tomography; high-density imaging instrument; human brain function mapping; human visual cortex; spatial sampling; Dynamic range; Head; Humans; Instruments; Neuroimaging; Optical crosstalk; Optical imaging; Tomography; US Department of Transportation; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop, 2006. IEEE/NLM
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0277-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0278-6
DOI :
10.1109/LSSA.2006.250436
