Translation of a diffuse optical system for monitoring neurocritical patients

Abstract

Before acknowledging everyone that was essential for the development of my doctorate, it is necessary to acknowledge how privileged I was to have had the opportunity to be part of UNICAMP. I have been at UNICAMP since 2008, when I started my undergraduate degree. At UNICAMP, I had the opportunity to interact with so many people, with very diverse backgrounds. Through many fruitful discussions, I was able to develop many different social and professional skills, which certainly molded me into the person I am today.I must especially thank my advisor, Rickson Mesquita, who I have been working with for the last 9 years. Rickson have certainly played a major role in my personal development, he was always very thorough in his feedback, which helped me to greatly improve my writing and public speaking skills. I must also thank Rickson for introducing me to the fascinating area of diffuse optics, which has a lot of potential to improve patient care. Through Rickson, I was able to meet many of the world leaders in the clinical applications of diffuse optics, including Dr. Arjun Yodh, who was my advisor at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). I worked at Penn for a year and a half as part of an exchange program from FAPESP, and I am immensely thankful for my time there. All the feedback from Arjun have hugely improved my critical thinking, as he made me think about every details and implications of everything I ever presented to him.It is almost impossible to fairly thank everyone who played a role in the development of my doctorate. I must first thank all my friends that were always there to support me, whenever I needed anything. I must especially acknowledge the help from every student of the Laboratory of Biomedical Optics (LOB) at UNICAMP. I am specially grateful for the people from UNICAMP who followed this process more closely and actively, such as Júlia