RDOT: Reflectance Diffuse Optical Tomography: The "microcosm" of the brain: Using Near Infrared Light to Measure Living Organisms

Simply an amazing breakthrough in safer neuroimaging technology.


http://jp.hamamatsu.com/en/rd/technology/health/rdot.html


http://jjap.ipap.jp/link?JJAP/44/L1203/


http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/PMI/PDF/Sie...8_1391_2003.pdf


http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/research/borl...en_pmb_2002.pdf

Thanks LifeMirage! This looks very interesting. I'll see if I can find additional info through Pubmed.

Update!!

Scientific American Mind April/May 2006

Comparing the resolve events of brain imaging techniques.

PET scan over 40 seconds over longer
fMRI 1 second
Intense near-infrared light milliseconds

The research was done in the University of IL.