Light Delivery Approaches for Brain Photobiomodulation

Farzad Salehpour, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad, Javad Mahmoudi, Farzin Kamari, Paolo Cassano, Michael Richard Hamblin

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Abstract

Non-invasive delivery of photons from an external light source to the head and thence into the brain tissue is generally referred to as transcranial photobiomodulation (PBM). In this approach, light must pass through several types of tissue, such as the scalp, skull, periosteal, meningeal, subdural space, arachnoid mater, subarachnoid space, and pia mater, successively, until reaching the cortical surface. Hair can also act as a significant attenuator of light in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) wavelengths, and its barrier role should be taken into account when other parts of head (not the forehead) are irradiated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSynthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages103-136
Number of pages34
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameSynthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering
VolumePart F1286
ISSN (Print)1930-0328
ISSN (Electronic)1930-0336

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Bioengineering
  • Biochemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering

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