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Abstract
This article reviews tissue oximetry and imaging to study the preterm and newborn infant brain by near-infrared spectroscopy. These two technologies are now advanced; nearly 100 reports on their use in newborn infants have been published, and commercial instruments are available. The precision of oximetry, however, is a limitation for its clinical use of assessing cerebral oxygenation. Imaging of brain function needs very well defined protocols for sensory stimulation as well as signal analysis to provide meaningful results.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19944837 DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.07.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Perinatol ISSN: 0095-5108 Impact factor: 3.430