title: Special Section Guest Editorial:Clinical near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging of the brain.
authors.affiliation: University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.affiliation: Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, 4525 Scott Avenue, Campus Box 8225, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Culver
authors.affiliation: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Institute for Medical Photonics Research, Department of Biomedical Optics, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, HamamatsuShizuoka 431-3192, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshi
authors.affiliation: Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Department of Biomedical Optics Abbestr. 2-12, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Heidrun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wabnitz