Clinical application of near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with traumatic brain injury: a review of the progress of the field

Anish N. Sen M.D.; Shankar P. Gopinath M.D.; Claudia S. Robertson M.D.

doi:10.1117/1.NPh.3.3.031409

25 April 2016 Clinical application of near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with traumatic brain injury: a review of the progress of the field

Anish N. Sen M.D., Shankar P. Gopinath M.D., Claudia S. Robertson M.D.

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Neurophotonics, Vol. 3, Issue 3, 031409 (April 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.3.3.031409

Abstract

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a technique by which the interaction between light in the near-infrared spectrum and matter can be quantitatively measured to provide information about the particular chromophore. Study into the clinical application of NIRS for traumatic brain injury (TBI) began in the 1990s with early reports of the ability to detect intracranial hematomas using NIRS. We highlight the advances in clinical applications of NIRS over the past two decades as they relate to TBI. We discuss recent studies evaluating NIRS techniques for intracranial hematoma detection, followed by the clinical application of NIRS in intracranial pressure and brain oxygenation measurement, and conclude with a summary of potential future uses of NIRS in TBI patient management.

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Anish N. Sen M.D., Shankar P. Gopinath M.D., and Claudia S. Robertson M.D. "Clinical application of near-infrared spectroscopy in patients with traumatic brain injury: a review of the progress of the field," Neurophotonics 3(3), 031409 (25 April 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.NPh.3.3.031409

Published: 25 April 2016

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