brain imaging

by Ingrid Fadelli, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes How the researchers collected their experimental data. Credit: Yucel et al. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a promising non-invasive neuroimaging technique that works by detecting changes in blood oxygenation linked to neural activity using near-infrared light. Compared to fMRI and various other methods commonly […]

by University of Glasgow edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Detecting photons through an entire adult head explores the limits of photon transport in the brain, for access to regions of the brain currently inaccessible with noninvasive optical brain imaging. Credit: J. Radford et al., DOI: 10.1117/1.NPh.12.2.025014 For decades, scientists have used near-infrared light to study