Optimization of the frequency-domain instrument for the near-infrared spectro-imaging of the human brain

Vladislav Yu. Toronov; Enrico Di Amico; Dennis Hueber; Enrico Gratton; Andrew G. Webb; Beniamino B. Barbieri

doi:10.1117/12.530254

13 July 2004 Optimization of the frequency-domain instrument for the near-infrared spectro-imaging of the human brain

Vladislav Yu. Toronov, Enrico Di Amico, Dennis Hueber, Enrico Gratton, Andrew G. Webb, Beniamino B. Barbieri

Proceedings Volume 5312, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIV; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.530254
Event: Biomedical Optics 2004, 2004, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Although many results on the near infrared spectroscopy and imaging of the human brain have been already published, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the instrumentation used in these studies has never been systematically optimized for the anatomy of the human head. Assuming a typical anatomical structure of the adult human head, we have studied the SNR of the frequency-domain instrument as a function of the modulation frequency and the source-detector distance. The study was performed both experimentally (using a pulsed laser system) and numerically (using the diffusion approximation and Monte Carlo simulations). For the specified geometry we have found that changes caused by non-homogeneities in the phase and in the ratio of the modulation amplitude to the mean intensity significantly increase with the modulation frequency and exhibit peaks between 400 and 1100 MHz, depending on the source-detector distance. Assuming the shot noise, we have found that the corresponding SNR peaks between 400 and 600 MHz. Increase in the source-detector distance results in the SNR increase only for distances below 30 mm. At larger source-detector distances the higher noise decreases the SNR. Our results show that increasing modulation frequency only to 300 MHz offers a very significant improvement in the functional near-infrared spectro-imaging of the adult human brain compared to the 100 MHz instrument.

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Vladislav Yu. Toronov, Enrico Di Amico, Dennis Hueber, Enrico Gratton, Andrew G. Webb, and Beniamino B. Barbieri "Optimization of the frequency-domain instrument for the near-infrared spectro-imaging of the human brain", Proc. SPIE 5312, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems XIV, (13 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.530254

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Signal to noise ratio

Modulation

Phase shift keying

Brain

Head

Monte Carlo methods

Interference (communication)

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