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...
Dr Franceschini awarded a NIH BRAIN Initiative R01
Maria Angela Franceschini has been awarded $905,096 through the NIH BRAIN Initiative to develop a near-infrared spectroscopy system with optical sensors that will be worn...
Multicolor and multidistance DCS for quantitative measures of blood flow
Davide Tamborini and Parisa Farzam just published a new paper entitled “Development and characterization of a multidistance and multiwavelength diffuse correlation spectroscopy system” in the...
Nutrition and Brain Growth in the Developing World
Researcher Maria Angela Franceschini recently completed a study of nutrition and brain development in Guinea-Bissau. Read more at: news.martinos.org/nutrition-brain-growth-developing-world
fNIRS can robustly measure brain activity during memory encoding and retrieval
The MGH Research Institute covers a new study by the Center’s Meryem Yucel and colleagues, reporting on using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for noninvasive measurement...
17th annual fNIRS course
Our 17th annual fNIRS course is scheduled for Nov 1-3, 2017 in Boston. This intensive course mixing lectures and hands-on training with a growing focus on hands-on...
The Martinos Center Views the Eclipse as Only It Can
Members of the Martinos Center community, along with family and friends, gathered on the waterfront yesterday to view the solar eclipse. Continue reading at: news.martinos.org/martinos-center-views-eclipse-as-only-it-can/