NIRS @ CCHU
By Mari Franceschini The CCHU is such a great place, an organized oasis in this underdeveloped country. It is a good example of how...
The road to Mbale
By Mari Franceschini For someone that has never been to Africa like me, the road to Mbale is a memorable drive. I was glued to the window...
Near Infrared Spectroscopy research in Africa
By Mari Franceschini Ivy Lin, Jason Sutin and I went to the Cure Children’s Hospital of Uganda (CCHU) to study how hydrocephalus and...
Optical imaging could lead to fewer unnecessary biopsies in breast cancer screening
The prevalence of unnecessary biopsies is an ongoing problem in breast cancer screening. Some three quarters of biopsies on lesions found in the breast turn...
The Birth of an Academic Society
October was a month of milestones for functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). With the third biennial fNIRS meeting and the official launch of the Society...
Introduction to Neurophotonics from the Editor-in-Chief, David Boas
Novel optical technologies for imaging and manipulation of brain structure and function span from visualization of intracellular organelles and protein assemblies to noninvasive macroscopic investigation...
SPIE highlights presentation by David Boas
SPIE member David Boas (Massachusetts General Hospital) discusses techniques for understanding oxygen delivery through the vascular network, in “Optical Spectroscopy and Tomography of Oxygen Delivery:...
Neuroimage celebrates 20 years of functional near-infrared spectroscopy
In 1993, four different groups reported a novel noninvasive technique with which to image hemodynamics in the brain. The technique – functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)...
David Boas to serve as editor-in-chief of new journal, Neurophotonics
Martinos Center researcher David Boas will helm a new journal to be launched by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, in 2014. The...
Connecting the dots in the BRAIN
The Martinos Center’s Anna Devor and colleagues have outlined a collective vision for what we can achieve through the NIH BRAIN Initiative. In a recently...