OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Neurophotonics is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Best practices for fNIRS publications	109
NIRS-KIT: a MATLAB toolbox for both resting-state and task fNIRS data analysis	107
Optical imaging and spectroscopy for the study of the human brain: status report	65
Analysis methods for measuring passive auditory fNIRS responses generated by a block-design paradigm	49
Deep learning in fNIRS: a review	43
Systemic physiology augmented functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a powerful approach to study the embodied human brain	34
Superconducting nanowire single-photon sensing of cerebral blood flow	33
Implantable photonic neural probes for light-sheet fluorescence brain imaging	33
Improved accuracy of cerebral blood flow quantification in the presence of systemic physiology cross-talk using multi-layer Monte Carlo modeling	31
Errata: Best practices for fNIRS publications	29
Comparison of short-channel separation and spatial domain filtering for removal of non-neural components in functional near-infrared spectroscopy signals	28
Neurophotonic Tools for Microscopic Measurements and Manipulation: Status Report	27
Continuous blood flow visualization with laser speckle contrast imaging during neurovascular surgery	27
Evaluating a new generation of wearable high-density diffuse optical tomography technology via retinotopic mapping of the adult visual cortex	22
Repeated transcranial photobiomodulation improves working memory of healthy older adults: behavioral outcomes of poststimulation including a three-week follow-up	22
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy: current status and future outlook	22
Processing pipeline for image reconstructed fNIRS analysis using both MRI templates and individual anatomy	21
Overview of extracellular vesicle characterization techniques and introduction to combined reflectance and fluorescence confocal microscopy to distinguish extracellular vesicle subpopulations	19
Design and validation of a mechanically flexible and ultra-lightweight high-density diffuse optical tomography system for functional neuroimaging of newborns	19
Optimization of time domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy parameters for measuring brain blood flow	18
Investigation of effect of modulation frequency on high-density diffuse optical tomography image quality	18
Dynamic infrared imaging of cerebrospinal fluid tracer influx into the brain	16
Aberration correction in stimulated emission depletion microscopy to increase imaging depth in living brain tissue	16
Reducing false discoveries in resting-state functional connectivity using short channel correction: an fNIRS study	16
Group-level cortical functional connectivity patterns using fNIRS: assessing the effect of bilingualism in young infants	15

Deep learning-based motion artifact removal in functional near-infrared spectroscopy	15
Wearable, high-density fNIRS and diffuse optical tomography technologies: a perspective	15
Concurrent OCT and OCT angiography of retinal neurovascular degeneration in the 5XFAD Alzheimer’s disease mice	15
Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy to study the early developing brain: future directions and new challenges	14
Using near-infrared spectroscopy and a random forest regressor to estimate intracranial pressure	14
Identifying optimal parameters for infrared neural stimulation in the peripheral nervous system	14
How much do time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) moments improve estimation of brain activity over traditional fNIRS?	14
Quantitative birefringence microscopy for imaging the structural integrity of CNS myelin following circumscribed cortical injury in the rhesus monkey	14
Characterizing reproducibility of cerebral hemodynamic responses when applying short-channel regression in functional near-infrared spectroscopy	13
Transcranial photobiomodulation (808 nm) attenuates pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures by suppressing hippocampal neuroinflammation, astrogliosis, and microgliosis in peripubertal rats	13
Current opinions on the present and future use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in psychiatry	13
Spatiotemporal patterns of spontaneous brain activity: a mini-review	13
Enhanced spatiotemporal resolution imaging of neuronal activity using joint electroencephalography and diffuse optical tomography	13
devfOLD: a toolbox for designing age-specific fNIRS channel placement	12
Measuring neuronal activity with diffuse correlation spectroscopy: a theoretical investigation	11
Systemic physiology augmented functional near-infrared spectroscopy hyperscanning: a first evaluation investigating entrainment of spontaneous activity of brain and body physiology between subjects	11
Performance comparison of systemic activity correction in functional near-infrared spectroscopy for methods with and without short distance channels	11
Computing hemodynamic response functions from concurrent spectral fiber-photometry and fMRI data	11
Cranial window for longitudinal and multimodal imaging of the whole mouse cortex	11
Systematic review of fNIRS studies reveals inconsistent chromophore data reporting practices	11
Characterization of Mayer-wave oscillations in functional near-infrared spectroscopy using a physiologically informed model of the neural power spectra	11
Contractile apparatus in CNS capillary pericytes	10
Photonics tools begin to clarify astrocyte calcium transients	10
Simultaneous two-photon activation and imaging of neural activity based on spectral–temporal modulation of supercontinuum light	10
Immune–vascular mural cell interactions: consequences for immune cell trafficking, cerebral blood flow, and the blood–brain barrier	10
Interferometric diffuse optics: recent advances and future outlook	9
Influence of source–detector separation on diffuse correlation spectroscopy measurements of cerebral blood flow with a multilayered analytical model	9
Resting-state brain networks in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	9
Dual-slope imaging of cerebral hemodynamics with frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy	9
Depth-targeted intracortical microstroke by two-photon photothrombosis in rodent brain	8
Functional near-infrared spectroscopy in pediatric clinical research: Different pathophysiologies and promising clinical applications	8
Investigating developmental changes in scalp-to-cortex correspondence using diffuse optical tomography sensitivity in infancy	8
Simple methodology to visualize whole-brain microvasculature in three dimensions	8
Monitoring the motor cortex hemodynamic response function in freely moving walking subjects: a time-domain fNIRS pilot study	8
Advances in studying whole mouse brain vasculature using high-resolution 3D light microscopy imaging	8
Fiberoptic array for multiple channel infrared neural stimulation of the brain	8
Using preregistration as a tool for transparent fNIRS study design	8
Behavioral and physiological monitoring for awake neurovascular coupling experiments: a how-to guide	8
Hybrid fiber optic-fMRI for multimodal cell-specific recording and manipulation of neural activity in rodents	7
Advances in computer-generated holography for targeted neuronal modulation	7
Illuminating neurodegeneration: a future perspective on near-infrared spectroscopy in dementia research	7
Enhancing diffuse correlation spectroscopy pulsatile cerebral blood flow signal with near-infrared spectroscopy photoplethysmography	7
Early screening model for mild cognitive impairment based on resting-state functional connectivity: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	7
Functional brain connectivity related to surgical skill dexterity in physical and virtual simulation environments	7
High-precision neural stimulation through optoacoustic emitters	7
Chronic co-implantation of ultraflexible neural electrodes and a cranial window	6
Investigation of functional near-infrared spectroscopy signal quality and development of the hemodynamic phase correlation signal	6
Techniques for visualizing fibroblast-vessel interactions in the developing and adult CNS	6
Differential effects of photobiomodulation interval schedules on brain cytochrome c-oxidase and proto-oncogene expression	6
Applications of near-infrared spectroscopy in neurocritical care	6

Using depth-enhanced diffuse correlation spectroscopy and near-infrared spectroscopy to isolate cerebral hemodynamics during transient hypotension	6
Validation of the Openwater wearable optical system: cerebral hemodynamic monitoring during a breath-hold maneuver	6
Review of data processing of functional optical microscopy for neuroscience	6
Pupil engineering for extended depth-of-field imaging in a fluorescence miniscope	6
Test-retest reliability of functional near-infrared spectroscopy during a finger-tapping and postural task in healthy older adults	6
Optimizing a two-layer method for hybrid diffuse correlation spectroscopy and frequency-domain diffuse optical spectroscopy cerebral measurements in adults	6
Multivariate Kalman filter regression of confounding physiological signals for real-time classification of fNIRS data	6
Blood vessel tail artifacts suppression in optical coherence tomography angiography	6
Influence of oversimplifying the head anatomy on cerebral blood flow measurements with diffuse correlation spectroscopy	6