title: Near-infrared spectroscopy measurement of the pulsatile component of cerebral blood flow and volume from arterial oscillations.
abstract: We describe a near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) method to noninvasively measure relative changes in the pulsate components of cerebral blood flow (pCBF) and volume (pCBV) from the shape of heartbeat oscillations. We present a model that is used and data to show the feasibility of the method. We use a continuous-wave NIRS system to measure the arterial oscillations originating in the brains of piglets. Changes in the animals' CBF are induced by adding CO(2) to the breathing gas. To study the influence of scalp on our measurements, comparative, invasive measurements are performed on one side of the head simultaneously with noninvasive measurements on the other side. We also did comparative measurements of CBF using a laser Doppler system to validate the results of our method. The results indicate that for sufficient source-detector separation, the signal contribution of the scalp is minimal and the measurements are representative of the cerebral hemodynamics. Moreover, good correlation between the results of the laser Doppler system and the NIRS system indicate that the presented method is capable of measuring relative changes in CBF. Preliminary results show the potential of this NIRS method to measure pCBF and pCBV relative changes in neonatal pigs.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. themelis@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Themelis
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Arceuil
authors.forename: Solomon G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Diamond
authors.forename: Sonal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thaker
authors.forename: Theodore J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Huppert
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Boas
authors.forename: Maria Angela
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Franceschini
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000379:methods*; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine