title: Editorial comment--cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy: how far away from a routine diagnostic tool?
authors.forename: Arno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villringer
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Steinbrink
authors.forename: Hellmuth
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obrig
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*