Approach to optimize 3-dimensional brain functional activation image with high resolution: a study on functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Biomed Opt Express. 2019 Aug 21;10(9):4684-4710. doi: 10.1364/BOE.10.004684. eCollection 2019 Sep 1.

Abstract

In this study, 3-dimensional (3-D) enhanced brain-function-map generation and estimation methodology is presented. Optical signals were modelled in the form of numerical optimization problem to infer the best existing waveform of canonical hemodynamic response function. Inter-channel activity patterns were also estimated. The estimation of activation of inter-channel gap depends on the minimization of generalized cross-validation. 3-D brain activation maps were produced through inverse discrete cosine transform. The proposed algorithm acquired significant results for 3-D functional maps with high resolution, in comparison with that of 2-D functional t-maps. A comprehensive analysis by exhibiting images corresponding to several layers has also been appended.