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Neurosciences
Mingxi Yang, Meiyun Xia, Shen Zhang, Di Wu, Deyu Li, Xinlin Hou, Daifa Wang
Summary: A correction algorithm has been developed to effectively remove different types of artifacts in neonatal data, improving the evaluation of neonatal brain function using fNIRS. The method showed good recovery effects in simulated and actual neonatal data.
Article
Neurosciences
Pradyumna Lanka, Heather Bortfeld, Theodore J. Huppert
Summary: In resting-state fNIRS data, a processing pipeline incorporating pre-whitening, robust statistical methods, and partial correlation can effectively reduce autocorrelation, motion artifacts, and global physiology, obtaining statistically valid connectivity metrics.
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Lin Gao, Yuhui Wei, Yifei Wang, Gang Wang, Quan Zhang, Jianbao Zhang, Xiang Chen, Xiangguo Yan
Summary: This study introduces a hybrid artifact detection and correction approach for fNIRS signals, improving the viability of fNIRS as a functional neuroimaging modality by detecting and correcting artifacts such as baseline shift, slight oscillation, and severe oscillation.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Yuanyuan Gao, Hanqing Chao, Lora Cavuoto, Pingkun Yan, Uwe Kruger, Jack E. Norfleet, Basiel A. Makled, Steven Schwaitzberg, Suvranu De, Xavier Intes
Summary: This study presents a motion artifact removal method for fNIRS data using a deep learning approach. The developed deep learning model, with a specific loss function and generated training data, outperforms conventional methods in removing motion artifacts.
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Yoo Hwan Kim, Seung-Ho Paik, Youngmin Kim, Jaechul Yoon, Yong Suk Cho, Dohern Kym, Jun Hur, Wook Chun, Beop-Min Kim, Byung-Jo Kim
Summary: This study assessed the burn extent and depth in patients with burns using a custom-built 36-channel functional near-infrared spectroscopy system. Hemodynamic tissue signals measured during fNIRS showed significant differences between different burn categories, indicating that functional near-infrared spectroscopy can help with the early judgment of burn extent and depth by reflecting differences in the oxygen saturation levels in the skin.
FRONTIERS IN BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Yuyang Wang, Lili Liu, Ying Zhang, Chaogang Wei, Tianyu Xin, Qiang He, Xinlin Hou, Yuhe Liu
Summary: This study used fNIRS imaging to investigate the early neural processing of vocal emotion perception and recognition in ITCIs, revealing differences in neural processing between preoperative and postoperative tests, as well as a negative bias elicited by fear emotion. There were no significant differences in speech perception and production abilities between preoperative and postoperative tests. Additionally, the study found significant correlations between the response of the right SMG to anger stimuli and postoperative behavioral outcomes.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Vidhya Vijayakrishnan Nair, Brianna R. Kish, Ho-Ching (Shawn) Yang, Zhenyang Yu, Hang Guo, Yunjie Tong, Zhenhu Liang
Summary: This study aims to develop a comprehensive multimodal anesthesia depth monitor by understanding the neural and hemodynamic responses during general anesthesia using fNIRS and EEG. The research found a significant decrease in the complexity and power of fNIRS signals during the maintenance phase of anesthesia and variations in responses to anesthesia between adults and children. Multimodal approach could provide a reliable measure of anesthesia depth, taking into account specific differences between age groups.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Hayder R. Al-Omairi, Sebastian Fudickar, Andreas Hein, Jochem W. Rieger
Summary: Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive neuroimaging technique that allows participants to move freely. An improved algorithmic approach combining wavelet and correlation-based signal improvement (WCBSI) was proposed for motion artifact (MA) correction. The WCBSI algorithm consistently outperformed other correction approaches, demonstrating its potential as the best algorithm for MA correction.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Yuqiang Li, Xinjie Wang, Huijing Yu, Wenli Du
Summary: In this article, a pattern-coupled learning framework considering the local coupling property is proposed for pure spectrum fitting and baseline correction. By characterizing the local sparse structure corresponding to characteristic peaks with wavelength coupling, the proposed method achieves accurate baseline estimation without prior knowledge of spectral structure. The proposed method shows improved performance compared to state-of-the-art methods in three measured NIR datasets, with reduced RMSE and increased R-2 values.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT
(2023)
Review
Neurosciences
Ruisen Huang, Keum-Shik Hong, Dalin Yang, Guanghao Huang
Summary: This article provides a comprehensive review of motion artifact removal in fNIRS, including hardware-based and algorithmic solutions. Various metrics are used to evaluate the methods, and deficiencies in existing research are highlighted.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Yi-Hua Huang, Wei-Yu Chen, Yao-Hong Liu, Ting-Ying Li, Ching-Po Lin, Pou-Leng Cheong, Yi-Min Wang, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Chia-Wei Sun, Chau-Chung Wu
Summary: This study explores the potential of using fNIRS and the WCST to detect MCI patients. The results show that individuals with lower cognitive scores have greater changes in blood oxygenation during the WCST. This noninvasive approach combined with cognitive assessments may effectively detect MCI, offering hope for proactive dementia prevention.
JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zhaolan Li, Wenwu Dai, Ning Jia
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between metacognition and mindreading by using fNIRS technology, showing that they are supported by different neural systems in the brain. Metacognition is associated with brain regions important for memory retrieval, while mindreading is associated with brain regions important for understanding and reasoning about others' intentions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Franziska Klein, Michael Luehrs, Amaia Benitez-Andonegui, Pauline Roehn, Cornelia Kranczioch
Summary: This study aims to compare the performance of systemic activity (SA) correction methods with and without short-distance channels (SDCs) in improving functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) signal quality. The results show that all correction methods improve signal quality and spatial specificity compared to uncorrected data, with methods using SDCs generally outperforming those without SDCs. However, differences in correction methods and outcomes were observed between semisimulated and real data, as well as between quality measures.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
M. Franzoi, A. Costa, A. Goi, M. Penasa, M. De Marchi
Summary: The study demonstrated the effectiveness of visible-near infrared spectroscopy coupled with simulated annealing PLS regression in predicting immunoglobulin fractions of bovine colostrum. The model developed using the calibration dataset showed improved accuracy in validation, particularly in quantifying IgG.
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Fan Zhang, Adaira Reid, Alissa Schroeder, Lei Ding, Han Yuan
Summary: A novel method to control jaw-related motion artifacts in fNIRS signals was proposed in this study, including an individually customized bite bar apparatus and a denoising algorithm called PCA-GLM. The results showed that the bite bar effectively suppressed movement-related activities in fNIRS and the PCA-GLM denoising method improved auditory responses. A comparison with existing methods was also made. These methods will benefit the study of hearing, language, and cognitive functions in both normal healthy subjects and patients.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Meredith Pecukonis, Katherine L. Perdue, Jillian Wong, Helen Tager-Flusberg, Charles A. Nelson
Summary: Infants at high familial risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show increased risk for language impairments, with differences in brain response to speech indicating a potential relation to language functioning. Studying HRA+ and HRA- infants separately highlights the importance of understanding distinct neural systems for speech processing in infants at high risk for ASD.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Laurie Bayet, Katherine L. Perdue, Hannah F. Behrendt, John E. Richards, Alissa Westerlund, Julia K. Cataldo, Charles A. Nelson
Summary: This study investigated the neural underpinnings of processing facial emotions across changes in facial identity in 5- and 7-month-old infants. Using fNIRS, eye-tracking, and heart rate measures, researchers found significant neural activation to happy, fearful, and angry faces in different brain regions, with longer looking behavior towards angry faces. There were no differences in neural activations or looking behavior between the two age groups, suggesting developmental stability in responses to emotional facial expressions.
DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Han Y. Ban, Geoffrey M. Barrett, Alex Borisevich, Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Jacob L. Dahle, Hamid Dehghani, Julien Dubois, Ryan M. Field, Viswanath Gopalakrishnan, Andrew Gundran, Michael Henninger, Wilson C. Ho, Howard D. Hughes, Rong Jin, Julian Kates-Harbeck, Thanh Landy, Michael Leggiero, Gabriel Lerner, Zahra M. Aghajan, Michael Moon, Isai Olvera, Sangyong Park, Milin J. Patel, Katherine L. Perdue, Benjamin Siepser, Sebastian Sorgenfrei, Nathan Sun, Victor Szczepanski, Mary Zhang, Zhenye Zhu
Summary: The high cost, complexity, and large form factor limit the adoption of time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (TD-fNIRS) devices. The miniaturized design of the Kernel Flow system breaks through these limitations and achieves performance similar to benchtop systems.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS
(2022)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Melissa M. Wu, Katherine Perdue, Suk-Tak Chan, Kimberly A. Stephens, Bin Deng, Maria Angela Franceschini, Stefan A. Carp
Summary: This study characterizes cerebral sensitivity using diffuse correlation spectroscopy in the adult human head. It found significant spatial variations in sensitivity, consistent across subjects, which were largely attributed to changes in extracerebral thickness. Optimizing probe placement in experimental settings should take these variations into account.
BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Nicola Grossheinrich, Julia Schaeffer, Christine Firk, Thomas Eggermann, Lynn Huestegge, Kerstin Konrad
Summary: This study found that increasing levels of childhood adversity led to an approach bias towards positive emotional facial expressions and a decreased attention bias towards negative facial expressions, especially sad expressions, in typically developing boys. These results might explain the emotional regulation strategies in boys at risk for reactive aggression and depressive behavior.
JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel Deimel, Thorsten Koehler, Janina Dyba, Niels Graf, Christine Firk
Summary: This study assessed the mental health burden of individuals at increased risk of severe illness from Covid-19 compared to individuals at low risk during the first lockdown in Germany. The results showed that individuals at increased risk of severe illness had higher mental health burden, and this association was mediated by concerns about mental health, anxiety, and loneliness.
Article
Psychiatry
Denise Dittmann, Vanessa Reindl, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Brigitte Dahmen, Christine Firk, Christoph Borzikowsky, Kerstin Konrad
Summary: This study explores the role of maternal depressive symptoms in the intergenerational transmission of childhood maltreatment and developmental psychopathology. The results indicate that especially later maternal depression mediates the relationship between maternal childhood maltreatment and negative developmental outcomes in the next generation.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Daniel Deimel, Christine Firk, Heino Stoever, Nicolas Hees, Norbert Scherbaum, Simon Fleissner
Summary: During the COVID-19 lockdown in Germany, a subgroup of individuals reported increased alcohol, nicotine, and THC consumption. These individuals had more mental health problems compared to those who did not increase their consumption, suggesting that it may be a dysfunctional coping strategy for negative emotions during the lockdown.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Christine Firk, Brigitte Dahmen, Astrid Dempfle, Anke Niessen, Christin Baumann, Reinhild Schwarte, Julia Koslowski, Kerstin Kelberlau, Kerstin Konrad, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann
Summary: The study evaluated a mother-child intervention program in high-risk adolescent mother-infant dyads and found no significant improvement in maternal sensitivity and child responsiveness. It also noted a potentially clinically meaningful difference in rates of serious adverse events between treatment groups, suggesting a need for further research on the effectiveness and safety of such interventions.
DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Miriam Hacker, Christine Firk, Kerstin Konrad, Kerstin Paschke, Joseph Neulen, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Brigitte Dahmen
Summary: Among high-risk adolescent mothers, both biological factors, such as pregnancy complications, and behavioral factors amenable to intervention, such as substance abuse and insufficient prenatal care, seem to contribute to reduced birthweight in their children, a predisposing factor for poorer health outcomes later in life. More tailored intervention programs targeting the specific needs of this high-risk group are needed.
ARCHIVES OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Thien An Nguyen-Dang, Christine Firk, Kerstin Konrad, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Brigitte Dahmen
Summary: Adolescent mothers more frequently utilized interaction interventions, while adult mothers more frequently utilized interventions related to child development and maternal support. Adult mothers were directed more often to interventions by social contacts (such as GPs and gynecologists), whereas adolescent mothers were more frequently directed to other professional contacts and the youth welfare service. Early interventions for child and maternal health were used significantly less frequently by adolescent mothers.
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Juliana A. Porto, Johanna Bick, Katherine L. Perdue, John E. Richards, Magda L. Nunes, Charles A. Nelson
INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
Lea Jahnen, Kerstin Konrad, Brigitte Dahmen, Beate Herpertz-Dahlmann, Christine Firk
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KINDER-UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE
(2020)
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Psychology, Developmental
Hannah F. Behrendt, Kerstin Konrad, Katherine L. Perdue, Christine Firk
INFANT BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT
(2020)
