Simultaneous Integrated Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Optical Tomography in the Near Infrared Spectrum (Sinfonis) for Studying Hemodynamic and Neuronal Responses in the Human Brain

The hemodynamic responses reconstructed from DOT have shown reasonably good consistency with that of the BOLD fMRI result. It has been discovered from the correspondence between the two results that the change in oxyhemoglobin concentration may also play a secondary role in the BOLD signal. However, this hypothesis needs further systematic studies, such as determining the effect of oxyhemoglobin on the gradient of the extravascular magnetic susceptibility and its subsequent effect on T2*.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Zhang, Xiaofeng

Contributors dc:contributor

• Andrew G. Webb

• Psychology, Cognitive

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3199197

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80941