Functional Brain Imaging Using Non-Invasive Non-Ionizing Methods: Towards Multimodal and Multiscale Imaging

Why a Comprehensive Understanding of Mental Workload through the Measurement of Neurovascular Coupling Is a Key Issue for Neuroergonomics?

“…In general, fNIRS and EEG are complementary as they improve on each other's measurement weaknesses in terms of information content (Fazli et al, 2012 ). Additionally, there is no noise cross-interference between fNIRS and EEG (light and electrical, respectively; Karanasiou, 2012 ). Therefore, simultaneous fNIRS-EEG signal acquisition would be suitable for assessing NVC in order to evaluate the operator's brain activity in ecological contexts (Hirshfield et al, 2009 ; Safaie et al, 2013 ).…”

Passive microwave radiometry in biomedical studies

“…In recent years, there has been growing interest in microwave radiometry (MWR; see Glossary) technology. There are multiple medical applications targeting the breast [8], brain [9][10][11][12][13][14][15], carotid artery [16][17][18][19][20], brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity [21], rheumatoid arthritis [22], joints [23], synovial inflammation [24], veins [25], vesicoureteral reflux [26], the urogenital system [27], back pain [28,29] and diabetic foot [30]. Use of this method in preclinical research has been demonstrated in mice [31].…”