“…Some researchers simply use a standard framework for optode placement (Jasper, 1958;Jurcak et al, 2007) the reliability of which has been called into question. Others obtain structural cranio-cerebral correspondence in a subset or all subjects using MRI to locate cortical structures under a set of NIR channels, in an attempt to improve data quality and reliability Fujiwara et al, 2004;Hatakenaka et al, 2007;Hirth et al, 1997;Miyai et al, 2001Miyai et al, , 2002Miyai et al, , 2003Murata et al, 2002;Nagamitsu et al, 2006;Okamoto et al, 2004;Sakatani et al, 2003;Sato et al, 2007;Shibusawa et al, 2009;Suzuki et al, 2004Suzuki et al, , 2008Toronov et al, 2001). If costs preclude the latter, our opinion is that the 3D spatial co-ordinates of NIR channel positions be acquired (e.g.…”