Monitoring blood oxygenation changes due to acute pain stimuli using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Author(s):  
Arezou Akbarian Azar
Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 2362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander E. Hramov ◽  
Vadim Grubov ◽  
Artem Badarin ◽  
Vladimir A. Maksimenko ◽  
Alexander N. Pisarchik

Sensor-level human brain activity is studied during real and imaginary motor execution using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). Blood oxygenation and deoxygenation spatial dynamics exhibit pronounced hemispheric lateralization when performing motor tasks with the left and right hands. This fact allowed us to reveal biomarkers of hemodynamical response of the motor cortex on the motor execution, and use them for designing a sensing method for classification of the type of movement. The recognition accuracy of real movements is close to 100%, while the classification accuracy of imaginary movements is lower but quite high (at the level of 90%). The advantage of the proposed method is its ability to classify real and imaginary movements with sufficiently high efficiency without the need for recalculating parameters. The proposed system can serve as a sensor of motor activity to be used for neurorehabilitation after severe brain injuries, including traumas and strokes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52
Author(s):  
Fairuz Mohd Nasir ◽  
Hiroshi Watabe

Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an optical imaging tool to study brain activities. Moreover, many researchers combined fNIRS with other modalities to gain a better understanding of the brain. This paper provides an overview of the combination of fNIRS with other imaging modalities in the detection and measurement of the cerebral hemodynamic. Cerebral haemodynamic such as the cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV) and cerebral blood oxygenation (CBO) are the important parameters in many neuroimaging studies. Cerebral hemodynamic had been studied by various medical imaging modalities.  Initially, Xenon enhanced Computed Tomography (Xenon CT), Computed Tomography (CT) perfusion; Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) are used to measure the cerebral hemodynamic. Recently, fNIRS is used to optically observe the changes in cerebral haemodynamic during brain activities and the combination of fNIRS with other modalities also become an interest to study the relations within brain activities and the cerebral hemodynamic. Therefore, this paper provides an overview of existing multimodal fNIRS in detection of cerebral haemodynamic changes and provides an important insight on how multimodal fNIRS aid in advancing modern investigations of human brain function.       Keywords: multimodal imaging, fNIRS-fMRI, fNIRS-PET, fNIRS-EEG


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiang Zhang ◽  
Xiaohong Lin ◽  
Genyue Fu ◽  
Liyang Sai ◽  
Huafu Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract Deception is not a rare occurrence among human behaviors; however, the present brain mapping techniques are insufficient to reveal the neural mechanism of deception under spontaneous or controlled conditions. Interestingly, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has emerged as a highly promising neuroimaging technique that enables continuous and noninvasive monitoring of changes in blood oxygenation and blood volume in the human brain. In this study, fNIRS was used in combination with complex network theory to extract the attribute features of the functional brain networks underling deception in subjects exhibiting spontaneous or controlled behaviors. Our findings revealed that the small-world networks of the subjects engaged in spontaneous behaviors exhibited greater clustering coefficients, shorter average path lengths, greater average node degrees, and stronger randomness compared with those of subjects engaged in control behaviors. Consequently, we suggest that small-world network topology is capable of distinguishing well between spontaneous and controlled deceptions.


Author(s):  
Aleksandra Dopierała ◽  
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Anna Przewodzka ◽  
Przemysław Tomalski ◽  
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...  

Abstract: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive optical brain monitoring technology for mapping the functioning of the human cortex in response to sensory or motor activation. There is a growing interest in implementing fNIRS to monitor the cognitive performance of military pilots. The method relies on differences in hemoglobin absorption spectra depending on blood oxygenation. However, this method was relatively rarely utilized in aviation and aviation medicine. Therefore, we will provide a broad review of applying this method in various avenues of medicine and cognitive psychology, as well as cover its documented use in aviation and aviation medicine. In this review, we cover the following topics: 1) fNIRS in comparison to most commonly used neuroimaging methods, 2) fNIRS in the evaluation of human performance, 3) fNIRS application in aviation and aviation medicine, and 4) fNIRS-based Brain-Computer-Interface (BCI) to overcome cognitive restrictions and for optimizing pilot training. In conclusion, over the years, fNIRS has become a neuroimaging technique that contributes to making advances toward understanding the functioning of the human brain.


Author(s):  
S. Srilekha ◽  
B. Vanathi

This paper focuses on electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) comparison to help the rehabilitation patients. Both methods have unique techniques and placement of electrodes. Usage of signals are different in application based on the economic conditions. This study helps in choosing the signal for the betterment of analysis. Ten healthy subject datasets of EEG & FNIRS are taken and applied to plot topography separately. Accuracy, Sensitivity, peaks, integral areas, etc are compared and plotted. The main advantages of this study are to prompt their necessities in the analysis of rehabilitation devices to manage their life as a typical individual.


Diabetes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 61-LB
Author(s):  
LISA R. LETOURNEAU-FREIBERG ◽  
KIMBERLY L. MEIDENBAUER ◽  
ANNA M. DENSON ◽  
PERSEPHONE TIAN ◽  
KYOUNG WHAN CHOE ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Burns ◽  
Matthew D. Lieberman

Social and affective neuroscience studies the neurophysiological underpinnings of psychological experience and behavior as it relates to the world around us. Yet, most neuroimaging methods require the removal of participants from their rich environment and the restriction of meaningful interaction with stimuli. In this Tools of the Trade article, we explain functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) as a neuroimaging method that can address these concerns. First, we provide an overview of how fNIRS works and how it compares to other neuroimaging methods common in social and affective neuroscience. Next, we describe fNIRS research that highlights its usefulness to the field – when rich stimuli engagement or environment embedding is needed, studies of social interaction, and examples of how it can help the field become more diverse and generalizable across participant populations. Lastly, this article describes how to use fNIRS for neuroimaging research with points of advice that are particularly relevant to social and affective neuroscience studies.


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