Abstract
Optical methods are well-suited for non-invasive bedside brain imaging: near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for measuring brain oxygenation and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS) for measuring cerebral blood flow. However, data obtained with those optical techniques are prone to signal contamination from extracerebral tissue. This study aimed to evaluate extracerebral signal contamination in trNIRS/multidistance DCS data acquired during transient hypotension and assess suitable means of separating scalp and brain signals. An in-house built hybrid system was used to acquire oxygenation and blood flow data simultaneously during transient orthostatic hypotension induced by rapid-onset lower body negative pressure (LBNP). In nine healthy young adults, LBNP significantly decreased arterial blood pressure (-18 ± 14%), scalp blood flow (-36 ± 25%), and scalp tissue oxygenation (allp ≤ 0.04 vs baseline). In contrast, LBNP had no significant effect on cerebral blood flow or oxygenation. This finding was confirmed by transcranial Doppler ultrasound, which found no significant changes (-8 ± 16%) in middle cerebral artery blood velocity during LBNP. These results demonstrate the importance of using depth-enhanced methods when applying these optical technologies to physiological paradigms designed to test cerebral autoregulation that also affect systemic physiology.
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