David Boas is lighting up the brain
Fresh from the BU research magazine a great feature story about David and his fNIRS work. www.bu.edu/research/articles/neurophotonics-david-boas/
Mari Franceschini Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Congratulations to the Center’s Maria Angela Franceschini, who has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows Class...
Validation of a novel wearable wireless NIRS technology for muscle physiology
A novel, low cost, wireless, wearable has been developed by our collaborators at Dynometrics for use in athletic training, humon.io. In this publication, we evaluate the...
Top Italian Women Scientists
The Center’s Maria Angela Franceschini has been named one of the Top Italian Women Scientists. This honor recognizes Italian women whose research has had a...
Postdoctoral Fellow position available in Carp Group
A Post Doc position is open in Dr Carp’s Lab to work on instrumentation, data processing algorithms, as well as validation and clinical studies for...
BU Neurophotonics Symposium 2017
Professor David Boas is chairing the 21st Annual Photonics Center Neurophotonics Symposium, hosted by the Boston University Photonics Center. The symposium brings together cutting-edge researchers...
Shedding light on the neonatal brain: probing cerebral hemodynamics by diffuse optical spectroscopic method
Our latest paper on healthy newborn brain’s optical properties is out: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-15995-1
Dr Boas and Dr Franceschini elected OSA Fellows
The Board of Directors of The Optical Society (OSA) elected Dr Franceschini and Dr Boas as Fellow of the Society Maria Angela Franceschini Massachusetts General...
Pilot study of a new supplementary food designed to enhance cognitive performance of malnourished children
Our paper reporting the Guinea Bissau pilot study results is finally out! http://cdn.nutrition.org/content/asnaoa/early/2017/10/12/cdn.117.000885.full.pdf
fNIRS: Enabling Routine Functional Brain Imaging
A fNIRS review article from BU Neurophotonics & Optics @ Martinos has just been published in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. Here is the link...