
A shortcoming of the routine clinical use of diffuse optics (DO) in the injured head has been that the results from commercial near-infrared spectroscopy-based devices are not reproducible, often give physiologically invalid values, and differ among systems. Besides the limitations due to the physics of continuous-wave light sources, one culprit is the head heterogeneity and the underlying morphological and functional abnormalities of the probed tissue.The aim is to investigate the effect that different tissue alterations in the damaged head have on DO signals and provide guidelines to avoid data misinterpretation.DO measurements and computed tomography scans were acquired on brain-injured patients. The relationship between the signals and the underlying tissue types was classified on a case-by-case basis.Examples and suggestions to establish quality control routines were provided. The findings suggested guidelines for carrying out DO measurements and speculations toward improved devices.We advocate for the standardization of the DO measurements to secure a role for DO in neurocritical care. We suggest that blind measurements are unacceptably problematic due to confounding effects and care using a priori and a posteriori quality control routines that go beyond an assessment of the signal-to-noise ratio that is typically utilized.
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ENFERMEDADES::enfermedades del sistema nervioso::enfermedades del sistema nervioso central::enfermedades cerebrales::lesiones encefálicas::lesiones encefálicas traumáticas, Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/diagnóstico por imagen, Other subheadings::Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/diagnostic imaging, Multimodal neuromonitoring, Cervell - Ferides i lesions - Imatgeria, DISEASES::Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Brain Diseases::Brain Injuries::Brain Injuries, Traumatic, ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Diagnostic Imaging::Neuroimaging, Research Papers, Hybrid diffuse optics, ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT::Diagnosis::Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures::Diagnostic Imaging::Optical Imaging::Tomography, Optical, Tomografia de coherència òptica, Dany cerebral - Imatgeria, Measurement guidelines, TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS::diagnóstico::técnicas y procedimientos diagnósticos::diagnóstico por imagen::neuroimágenes, Neurophotonics, Structural heterogeneities, Data quality control, TÉCNICAS Y EQUIPOS ANALÍTICOS, DIAGNÓSTICOS Y TERAPÉUTICOS::diagnóstico::técnicas y procedimientos diagnósticos::diagnóstico por imagen::imágenes ópticas::tomografía óptica, Atypical tissue effect
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