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Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared

"Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A noninvasive technique that uses the differential absorption properties of hemoglobin and myoglobin to evaluate tissue oxygenation and indirectly can measure regional hemodynamics and blood flow. Near-infrared light (NIR) can propagate through tissues and at particular wavelengths is differentially absorbed by oxygenated vs. deoxygenated forms of hemoglobin and myoglobin. Illumination of intact tissue with NIR allows qualitative assessment of changes in the tissue concentration of these molecules. The analysis is also used to determine body composition.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 424 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 32 publications in 2016
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