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Kobayashi Frisk L, Verma M, Bešlija F, Lin CHP, Patil N, Chetia S, Trobaugh JW, Culver JP, Durduran T. Comprehensive workflow and its validation for simulating diffuse speckle statistics for optical blood flow measurements. Biomed Opt Express 2024; 15:875-899. [PMID: 38404339 PMCID: PMC10890893 DOI: 10.1364/boe.502421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
Diffuse optical methods including speckle contrast optical spectroscopy and tomography (SCOS and SCOT), use speckle contrast (κ) to measure deep blood flow. In order to design practical systems, parameters such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the effects of limited sampling of statistical quantities, should be considered. To that end, we have developed a method for simulating speckle contrast signals including effects of detector noise. The method was validated experimentally, and the simulations were used to study the effects of physical and experimental parameters on the accuracy and precision of κ. These results revealed that systematic detector effects resulted in decreased accuracy and precision of κ in the regime of low detected signals. The method can provide guidelines for the design and usage of SCOS and/or SCOT instruments.
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- Lisa Kobayashi Frisk
- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Lin CHP, Orukari I, Frisk LK, Verma M, Chetia S, Beslija F, Eggebrecht AT, Durduran T, Culver JP, Trobaugh JW. Anatomical Modeling and Optimization of Speckle Contrast Optical Tomography. bioRxiv 2023:2023.09.06.556565. [PMID: 37732196 PMCID: PMC10508753 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.06.556565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
Traditional methods for mapping cerebral blood flow (CBF), such as positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, offer only isolated snapshots of CBF due to scanner logistics. Speckle contrast optical tomography (SCOT) is a promising optical technique for mapping CBF. However, while SCOT has been established in mice, the method has not yet been demonstrated in humans - partly due to a lack of anatomical reconstruction methods and uncertainty over the optimal design parameters. Herein we develop SCOT reconstruction methods that leverage MRI-based anatomical head models and finite-element modeling of the SCOT forward problem (NIRFASTer). We then simulate SCOT for CBF perturbations to evaluate sensitivity of imaging performance to exposure time and SD-distances. We find image resolution comparable to intensity-based diffuse optical tomography at superficial cortical tissue depth (~1.5 cm). Localization errors can be reduced by including longer SD-measurements. With longer exposure times speckle contrast decreases, however, noise decreases faster, resulting in a net increase in SNR. Specifically, extending exposure time from 10μs to 10ms increased SCOT SNR by 1000X. Overall, our modeling methods provide anatomically-based image reconstructions that can be used to evaluate a broad range of tissue conditions, measurement parameters, and noise sources and inform SCOT system design.
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- Chen-Hao P. Lin
- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- ICFO - Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA
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Frisk LK, Verma M, Bešlija F, Lin CHP, Patil N, Chetia S, Trobaugh J, Culver JP, Durduran T. A comprehensive workflow and its validation for simulating diffuse speckle statistics for optical blood flow measurements. bioRxiv 2023:2023.08.03.551830. [PMID: 37577491 PMCID: PMC10418286 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.03.551830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
Abstract
Diffuse optical methods including speckle contrast optical spectroscopy and tomography (SCOS and SCOT), use speckle contrast (κ ) to measure deep blood flow. In order to design practical systems, parameters such as signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the effects of limited sampling of statistical quantities, should be considered. To that end, we have developed a method for simulating speckle contrast signals including effects of detector noise. The method was validated experimentally, and the simulations were used to study the effects of physical and experimental parameters on the accuracy and precision of κ . These results revealed that systematic detector effects resulted in decreased accuracy and precision of κ in the regime of low detected signals. The method can provide guidelines for the design and usage of SCOS and/or SCOT instruments.
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- Lisa Kobayashi Frisk
- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
- Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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Lin CHP, Orukari I, Tracy C, Frisk LK, Verma M, Chetia S, Durduran T, Trobaugh JW, Culver JP. Multi-mode fiber-based speckle contrast optical spectroscopy: analysis of speckle statistics. Opt Lett 2023; 48:1427-1430. [PMID: 36946944 DOI: 10.1364/ol.478956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Speckle contrast optical spectroscopy/tomography (SCOS/T) provides a real-time, non-invasive, and cost-efficient optical imaging approach to mapping of cerebral blood flow. By measuring many speckles (n>>10), SCOS/T has an increased signal-to-noise ratio relative to diffuse correlation spectroscopy, which measures one or a few speckles. However, the current free-space SCOS/T designs are not ideal for large field-of-view imaging in humans because the curved head contour cannot be readily imaged with a single flat sensor and hair obstructs optical access. Herein, we evaluate the feasibility of using cost-efficient multi-mode fiber (MMF) bundles for use in SCOS/T systems. One challenge with speckle contrast measurements is the potential for confounding noise sources (e.g., shot noise, readout noise) which contribute to the standard deviation measure and corrupt the speckle contrast measure that is central to the SCOS/T systems. However, for true speckle measurements, the histogram of pixel intensities from light interference follows a non-Gaussian distribution, specifically a gamma distribution with non-zero skew, whereas most noise sources have pixel intensity distributions that are Gaussian. By evaluating speckle data from static and dynamic targets imaged through an MMF, we use histograms and statistical analysis of pixel histograms to evaluate whether the statistical properties of the speckles are retained. We show that flow-based speckle can be distinguished from static speckle and from sources of system noise through measures of skew in the pixel intensity histograms. Finally, we illustrate in humans that MMF bundles relay blood flow information.
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Udina C, Avtzi S, Mota-Foix M, Rosso AL, Ars J, Kobayashi Frisk L, Gregori-Pla C, Durduran T, Inzitari M. Dual-task related frontal cerebral blood flow changes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: A functional diffuse correlation spectroscopy study. Front Aging Neurosci 2022; 14:958656. [PMID: 36605362 PMCID: PMC9807627 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.958656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Introduction In a worldwide aging population with a high prevalence of motor and cognitive impairment, it is paramount to improve knowledge about underlying mechanisms of motor and cognitive function and their interplay in the aging processes. Methods We measured prefrontal cerebral blood flow (CBF) using functional diffuse correlation spectroscopy during motor and dual-task. We aimed to compare CBF changes among 49 older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) during a dual-task paradigm (normal walk, 2- forward count walk, 3-backward count walk, obstacle negotiation, and heel tapping). Participants with MCI walked slower during the normal walk and obstacle negotiation compared to participants with normal cognition (NC), while gait speed during counting conditions was not different between the groups, therefore the dual-task cost was higher for participants with NC. We built a linear mixed effects model with CBF measures from the right and left prefrontal cortex. Results MCI (n = 34) showed a higher increase in CBF from the normal walk to the 2-forward count walk (estimate = 0.34, 95% CI [0.02, 0.66], p = 0.03) compared to participants with NC, related to a right- sided activation. Both groups showed a higher CBF during the 3-backward count walk compared to the normal walk, while only among MCI, CFB was higher during the 2-forward count walk. Discussion Our findings suggest a differential prefrontal hemodynamic pattern in older adults with MCI compared to their NC counterparts during the dual-task performance, possibly as a response to increasing attentional demand.
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- Cristina Udina
- REFiT Barcelona Research Group, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain,Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain,*Correspondence: Cristina Udina,
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- ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Statistics and Bioinformatics Unit, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- REFiT Barcelona Research Group, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain,Medicine Department, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO – Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
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- REFiT Barcelona Research Group, Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain,Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
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Gregori-Pla C, Mesquita RC, Favilla CG, Busch DR, Blanco I, Zirak P, Frisk LK, Avtzi S, Maruccia F, Giacalone G, Cotta G, Camps-Renom P, Mullen MT, Martí-Fàbregas J, Prats-Sánchez L, Martínez-Domeño A, Kasner SE, Greenberg JH, Zhou C, Edlow BL, Putt ME, Detre JA, Yodh AG, Durduran T, Delgado-Mederos R. Blood flow response to orthostatic challenge identifies signatures of the failure of static cerebral autoregulation in patients with cerebrovascular disease. BMC Neurol 2021; 21:154. [PMID: 33836684 PMCID: PMC8033703 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02179-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background The cortical microvascular cerebral blood flow response (CBF) to different changes in head-of-bed (HOB) position has been shown to be altered in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) by diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) technique. However, the relationship between these relative ΔCBF changes and associated systemic blood pressure changes has not been studied, even though blood pressure is a major driver of cerebral blood flow. Methods Transcranial DCS data from four studies measuring bilateral frontal microvascular cerebral blood flow in healthy controls (n = 15), patients with asymptomatic severe internal carotid artery stenosis (ICA, n = 27), and patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS, n = 72) were aggregated. DCS-measured CBF was measured in response to a short head-of-bed (HOB) position manipulation protocol (supine/elevated/supine, 5 min at each position). In a sub-group (AIS, n = 26; ICA, n = 14; control, n = 15), mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured dynamically during the protocol. Results After elevated positioning, DCS CBF returned to baseline supine values in controls (p = 0.890) but not in patients with AIS (9.6% [6.0,13.3], mean 95% CI, p < 0.001) or ICA stenosis (8.6% [3.1,14.0], p = 0.003)). MAP in AIS patients did not return to baseline values (2.6 mmHg [0.5, 4.7], p = 0.018), but in ICA stenosis patients and controls did. Instead ipsilesional but not contralesional CBF was correlated with MAP (AIS 6.0%/mmHg [− 2.4,14.3], p = 0.038; ICA stenosis 11.0%/mmHg [2.4,19.5], p < 0.001). Conclusions The observed associations between ipsilateral CBF and MAP suggest that short HOB position changes may elicit deficits in cerebral autoregulation in cerebrovascular disorders. Additional research is required to further characterize this phenomenon. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12883-021-02179-8.
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- Clara Gregori-Pla
- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Departments of Anesthesiology and Pain Management and Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.,Neurotraumatology and Neurosurgery Research Unit (UNINN), Vall d'Hebron University Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.,San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology (Stroke Unit). Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Neurology (Stroke Unit). Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology (Stroke Unit). Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology (Stroke Unit). Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 08015, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurology (Stroke Unit). Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain
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Ince J, Frisk LK. Limitations of Prehospital Stroke Scales for Large-Vessel Occlusion Detection. J Emerg Med 2020; 59:e153-e154. [PMID: 33183683 DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.04.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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- Jonathan Ince
- College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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Frisk LK, Taga G, Durduran T. Looking back at fNIRS 2018. Neurophotonics 2019; 6:020401. [PMID: 31093513 PMCID: PMC6505712 DOI: 10.1117/1.nph.6.2.020401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We offer a retrospective report on fNIRS 2018, along with news of the next meeting.
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