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The fNIRS 2022 Biennial Conference that took place in Boston this past October was a huge success, with almost 500 registrants (400 of whom attended in-person) and over 300 abstract submissions! Thank you to our conference chairs: Maria Angela Franceschini (president of the fNIRS Society), Ippeita Dan, Sabrina Brigadoi, and Meryem Yucel for making the conference possible. A special thank you to the Martinos Center’s, Mari Franceschini and Stacey Ladieu, for going above and beyond to make the conference the success that it was.
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The Hybrid conference was incredibly inclusive, providing options for both virtual and in-person attendees. Virtual conference goers attended 5 days of virtual poster sessions on Gathertown, 3 poster Blitz sessions, and a special virtual oral session. In-person conference attendees had the option to attend two days of Educational mini-courses (with the goal of strengthening the technical foundations of fNIRS studies), a keynote talk by Joy Hirsch, eight invited talks introducing each oral session, and a special guest talk for further activation of the field. Lastly, conference attendees had the option to attend a social event that included live music, catered food, and drinks. We look forward to the next biennial Society for fNIRS Conference in Birmingham, England in 2024!
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Photos from the Social Event:
Internal Abstract submissions:
- Early Cerebral Oxygen Saturation and Brain Injury in Extremely Preterm Infants, Mohamed El-Dib (OS3_02_190)
- Long wavelength interferometric diffuse correlation spectroscopy for high SNR measurements of cerebral blood flow, Mitchell Robinson (OS7_04_198), Presentation excellence award winner
- fNIRS Assessment of the Differential Response to Speech and Noise Stimuli in Healthy Adults, Stefan A. Carp (PS1_06_374)
- Comparing Brain Perfusion Sensitivity between Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Speckle Contrast Optical Spectroscopy, Stefan A. Carp (PS3_88_373)
- A 256-Channel SPAD Detector for Time-Gated fNIRS and DCS, Tom Cheng (PS1_08_20)
- An objective classification of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus in extremely low gestational age infants based on Echocardiographic data and continuous NIRS monitoring, Alyssa Martin (PS3_87_372)
- Multi-wavelength Multi-distance Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy System for assessment of premature infants cerebral hemodynamics, Nikola Otic (PS1_73_131)
- Multistate Time-Multiplexed System for Functional Time-Domain Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy with SNSPDs, Marco Renna (PS3_31_290)
- Cross-correlation of cerebral blood flow and oxygenation measured non-invasively in extremely premature infants, John Sunwoo (PS3_58_326)
- High temporal resolution NIRS and DCS measurements at 3 cm separation, Kuan-Cheng Wu (PS2_86_271)
- NIRS-PPG to assess cerebral vasculature health, Kuan-Cheng Wu (PS3_23_276)
- Measuring pulsatile blood flow and volume during carotid endarterectomy, Alexander Isaac Zavriyev (PS3_33_296) Poster excellence award winner