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Optical Imaging of Brain Function and Metabolism 2

Physiological Basis and Comparison to Other Functional Neuroimaging Methods

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Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 413)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Signal Sources in Functional Neuroimaging

  2. New Technical Developments in Near Infrared Spectroscopy of the Brain

  3. Applications of NIRS for the Functional Assessment of Brain and Comparison to other Functional Neuroimaging Methods

  4. Coupling of Brain Activity and Cerebral Blood Flow and Functional Neuroimaging Methods

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This volume covers the latest developments in optical imaging of the brain which is becoming an increasingly important functional neuroimaging method. Optical intrinsic signals offer unrivaled temporal and spatial resolution of functional measurements of the exposed brain cortex in animals and humans. Near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging ap­ proaches permit the noninvasive functional assessment of the human brain at bedside. Main advantages of these optical techniques are the biochemical specificity of the meas­ urements and the potential of measuring correlates of intracellular and intravascular oxy­ genation simultaneously. Recent data indicate that one may also measure a more direct correlate of neuronal activity associated with changes in light scattering. In this volume, recent technical progress of the optical method is covered as well as the physiological basis of the measurements. In simultaneous studies, near-infrared spec­ troscopy measurements are directly compared to other functional methods, especially PET and fMRI and examples are given for new applications of the NIRS-method. Based on re­ sults obtained with optical methods and other functional techniques the latest in our under­ standing of the coupling of neuronal activity and cerebral blood flow response is reviewed. This is an important basis for a better understanding of all functional neuroi­ maging methods which rely on neurovascular coupling such as PET, SPET and fMRI. Fi­ nally the optical method is put into the perspective of presently available functional neuroimaging methods including fMRI, PET, MEG and EEG.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universitätsklinikum Charité, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Arno Villringer, Ulrich Dirnagl

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Optical Imaging of Brain Function and Metabolism 2

  • Book Subtitle: Physiological Basis and Comparison to Other Functional Neuroimaging Methods

  • Editors: Arno Villringer, Ulrich Dirnagl

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0056-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45585-8Published: 30 June 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0058-6Published: 05 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0056-2Published: 21 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 250

  • Topics: Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

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