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23 February 2009 Brain activation and connectivity of social cognition using diffuse optical imaging
Banghe Zhu, Anuradha Godavarty
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Abstract
In the current research, diffuse optical imaging (DOI) is used for the first time towards studies related to sociocommunication impairments, which is a characteristic feature of autism. DOI studies were performed on normal adult volunteers to determine the differences in the brain activation (cognitive regions) in terms of the changes in the cerebral blood oxygenation levels in response to joint and non-joint attention based stimulus (i.e. socio-communicative paradigms shown as video clips). Functional connectivity models are employed to assess the extent of synchronization between the left and right pre-frontal regions of the brain in response to the above stimuli.
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Banghe Zhu and Anuradha Godavarty "Brain activation and connectivity of social cognition using diffuse optical imaging", Proc. SPIE 7161, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics V, 71613A (23 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.809942
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KEYWORDS
Brain

Brain activation

Brain mapping

Diffuse optical imaging

Signal detection

Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Hemodynamics

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