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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Best practices for fNIRS publications	100
NIRS-KIT: a MATLAB toolbox for both resting-state and task fNIRS data analysis	83
Quantitative comparison of correction techniques for removing systemic physiological signal in functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies	65
Short-channel regression in functional near-infrared spectroscopy is more effective when considering heterogeneous scalp hemodynamics	42
Optical imaging and spectroscopy for the study of the human brain: status report	42
Direct assessment of extracerebral signal contamination on optical measurements of cerebral blood flow, oxygenation, and metabolism	41
Analysis methods for measuring passive auditory fNIRS responses generated by a block-design paradigm	36
Deep learning in fNIRS: a review	30
Implantable photonic neural probes for light-sheet fluorescence brain imaging	29
Superconducting nanowire single-photon sensing of cerebral blood flow	29
Improved accuracy of cerebral blood flow quantification in the presence of systemic physiology cross-talk using multi-layer Monte Carlo modeling	29
High-sensitivity multispeckle diffuse correlation spectroscopy	27
Systemic physiology augmented functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a powerful approach to study the embodied human brain	27
Comparison of short-channel separation and spatial domain filtering for removal of non-neural components in functional near-infrared spectroscopy signals	21
Continuous blood flow visualization with laser speckle contrast imaging during neurovascular surgery	21
Neurophotonic Tools for Microscopic Measurements and Manipulation: Status Report	20
Subcellular resolution three-dimensional light-field imaging with genetically encoded voltage indicators	20
Errata: Best practices for fNIRS publications	19
Evaluating a new generation of wearable high-density diffuse optical tomography technology via retinotopic mapping of the adult visual cortex	17
Systematic review of combined functional near-infrared spectroscopy and transcranial direct-current stimulation studies	17
Optimization of time domain diffuse correlation spectroscopy parameters for measuring brain blood flow	16
Repeated transcranial photobiomodulation improves working memory of healthy older adults: behavioral outcomes of poststimulation including a three-week follow-up	16
Processing pipeline for image reconstructed fNIRS analysis using both MRI templates and individual anatomy	15
Frontal cerebral oxygenation asymmetry: intersubject variability and dependence on systemic physiology, season, and time of day	15
Aberration correction in stimulated emission depletion microscopy to increase imaging depth in living brain tissue	15

Longitudinal effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on knee osteoarthritis patients measured by functional infrared spectroscopy: a pilot study	15
Overview of extracellular vesicle characterization techniques and introduction to combined reflectance and fluorescence confocal microscopy to distinguish extracellular vesicle subpopulations	15
Group-level cortical functional connectivity patterns using fNIRS: assessing the effect of bilingualism in young infants	14
Improving the characterization of ex vivo human brain optical properties using high numerical aperture optical coherence tomography by spatially constraining the confocal parameters	13
Polychromatic digital holographic microscopy: a quasicoherent-noise-free imaging technique to explore the connectivity of living neuronal networks	13
Investigation of effect of modulation frequency on high-density diffuse optical tomography image quality	13
Reducing false discoveries in resting-state functional connectivity using short channel correction: an fNIRS study	13
Design and validation of a mechanically flexible and ultra-lightweight high-density diffuse optical tomography system for functional neuroimaging of newborns	13
Dynamic infrared imaging of cerebrospinal fluid tracer influx into the brain	13
Identifying optimal parameters for infrared neural stimulation in the peripheral nervous system	12
Deep learning-based motion artifact removal in functional near-infrared spectroscopy	12
Transcranial photobiomodulation (808 nm) attenuates pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures by suppressing hippocampal neuroinflammation, astrogliosis, and microgliosis in peripubertal rats	12
Diffuse correlation spectroscopy: current status and future outlook	12
Concurrent OCT and OCT angiography of retinal neurovascular degeneration in the 5XFAD Alzheimer’s disease mice	11
Video-based motion-resilient reconstruction of three-dimensional position for functional near-infrared spectroscopy and electroencephalography head mounted probes	11
How much do time-domain functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) moments improve estimation of brain activity over traditional fNIRS?	11
In vivo photoacoustic guidance of stem cell injection and delivery for regenerative spinal cord therapies	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
Computing hemodynamic response functions from concurrent spectral fiber-photometry and fMRI data	11
Characterizing reproducibility of cerebral hemodynamic responses when applying short-channel regression in functional near-infrared spectroscopy	11
Using near-infrared spectroscopy and a random forest regressor to estimate intracranial pressure	11
Immune–vascular mural cell interactions: consequences for immune cell trafficking, cerebral blood flow, and the blood–brain barrier	10
Horizontal-scanning attenuated total reflection terahertz imaging for biological tissues	10
Spatiotemporal patterns of spontaneous brain activity: a mini-review	10
Characterization of Mayer-wave oscillations in functional near-infrared spectroscopy using a physiologically informed model of the neural power spectra	10
Cranial window for longitudinal and multimodal imaging of the whole mouse cortex	9
Performance comparison of systemic activity correction in functional near-infrared spectroscopy for methods with and without short distance channels	9
Quantitative birefringence microscopy for imaging the structural integrity of CNS myelin following circumscribed cortical injury in the rhesus monkey	9
Enhanced spatiotemporal resolution imaging of neuronal activity using joint electroencephalography and diffuse optical tomography	9
Resting-state brain networks in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	9
Measuring neuronal activity with diffuse correlation spectroscopy: a theoretical investigation	9
Photonics tools begin to clarify astrocyte calcium transients	8
Investigating developmental changes in scalp-to-cortex correspondence using diffuse optical tomography sensitivity in infancy	8
Functional brain connectivity related to surgical skill dexterity in physical and virtual simulation environments	8
Current opinions on the present and future use of functional near-infrared spectroscopy in psychiatry	8
Dual-slope imaging of cerebral hemodynamics with frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy	8
Using anatomically defined regions-of-interest to adjust for head-size and probe alignment in functional near-infrared spectroscopy	7
Task-related brain activity and functional connectivity in upper limb dystonia: a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) study	7
Systematic review of fNIRS studies reveals inconsistent chromophore data reporting practices	7
Monitoring the motor cortex hemodynamic response function in freely moving walking subjects: a time-domain fNIRS pilot study	7
Hybrid fiber optic-fMRI for multimodal cell-specific recording and manipulation of neural activity in rodents	7
Simultaneous two-photon activation and imaging of neural activity based on spectral–temporal modulation of supercontinuum light	7
Interferometric diffuse optics: recent advances and future outlook	7
Multivariate Kalman filter regression of confounding physiological signals for real-time classification of fNIRS data	7
devfOLD: a toolbox for designing age-specific fNIRS channel placement	7
Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy to study the early developing brain: future directions and new challenges	6
Behavioral and physiological monitoring for awake neurovascular coupling experiments: a how-to guide	6
Review of data processing of functional optical microscopy for neuroscience	6
Depth-targeted intracortical microstroke by two-photon photothrombosis in rodent brain	6
Advances in computer-generated holography for targeted neuronal modulation	6

Using preregistration as a tool for transparent fNIRS study design	6
Chronic co-implantation of ultraflexible neural electrodes and a cranial window	6
Wearable, high-density fNIRS and diffuse optical tomography technologies: a perspective	6
Advances in studying whole mouse brain vasculature using high-resolution 3D light microscopy imaging	6
Simple methodology to visualize whole-brain microvasculature in three dimensions	6
Early screening model for mild cognitive impairment based on resting-state functional connectivity: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study	6
Illuminating neurodegeneration: a future perspective on near-infrared spectroscopy in dementia research	6
Microglia activation visualization via fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of intrinsically fluorescent metabolic cofactors	6
Cerebral hemodynamic monitoring of Parkinson’s disease patients with orthostatic intolerance during head-up tilt test	6
Influence of source–detector separation on diffuse correlation spectroscopy measurements of cerebral blood flow with a multilayered analytical model	6
Fiberoptic array for multiple channel infrared neural stimulation of the brain	6