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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

JNL: A tissue-like optically turbid and electrically conducting phantom for simultaneous EEG and near-infrared imaging

Phys Med Biol. 2009 Aug 18;54(18):N403-N408. [Epub ahead of print]

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A tissue-like optically turbid and electrically conducting phantom for simultaneous EEG and near-infrared imaging.

Cooper RJ, Bhatt D, Everdell NL, Hebden JC.

Department of Medical Physics & Bioengineering, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

We describe a phantom for simultaneous electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared imaging which consists of a solid, optically turbid and electrically conducting interface enclosing a tissue-mimicking aqueous scattering solution. The interface provides an electrical contact impedance comparable to that of the human scalp while the phantom as a whole has optical properties and electrical conductivity equivalent to that of head tissue. The construction is described and our design is evaluated experimentally using an optically absorbing target which also provides an EEG-equivalent electric field source. The results of this simultaneous EEG and near-infrared imaging experiment are presented.

PMID: 19687562 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]