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How to Administer Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Critically ill Neonates, Infants, and Children
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Near-infrared spectroscopy in studies of brain oxygenation
1The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, 1955-1 Kurematsu, Nishi-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-1202, Japan. eda@gpi.ac.jp
Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
|February 24, 2012
Abstract:
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is widely used in studies of brain activity. In this article I explain the principles and theoretical limits of NIRS. I also discuss the need for the development of portable NIRS.

