Functional near infrared spectroscopy using spatially resolved data to account for tissue scattering: a numerical study and arm‐cuff experiment

Joshua Deepak Veesa, Hamid Dehghani

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Abstract

Functional Near‐Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) aims to recover changes in tissue optical parameters relating to tissue haemodynamics, to infer functional information in biological tissue. A widely‐used application of fNIRS relies on continuous wave (CW) methodology that utilizes multiple distance measurements on human head for study of brain health. The typical method used is spatially resolved spectroscopy (SRS), which is shown to recover tissue oxygenation index (TOI) based on gradient of light intensity measured between two detectors. However, this methodology does not account for tissue scattering which is often assumed. A new parameter recovery algorithm is developed, which directly recovers both the scattering parameter and scaled chromophore concentrations and hence TOI from the measured gradient of light‐attenuation at multiple wavelengths. It is shown through simulations that in comparison to conventional SRS which estimates cerebral TOI values with an error of ±12.3%, the proposed method provides more accurate estimate of TOI exhibiting an error of ±5.7% without any prior assumptions of tissue scatter, and can be easily implemented within CW fNIRS systems. Using an arm‐cuff experiment, the obtained TOI using the proposed method is shown to provide a higher and more realistic value as compared to utilising any prior assumptions of tissue scatter.
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere201900064
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Biophotonics
Volume12
Issue number10
Early online date6 Jun 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2019

Keywords

  • tissue optics
  • near-infrared spectroscopy
  • tissue scattering

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)
  • Chemistry(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
  • Materials Science(all)

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