NIRx NIRScout User Manual

NIRStar 14.1 - User Manual
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Higher-Order Considerations
Implicit in the instructions presented above is the idea that you will want to define channels for all pairs
of nearest-neighbor sources and detectors, and only for these pairs. In our experience the assumption
usually is correct, but you may find that for a particular analysis you either do not want to include every
possible nearest-neighbor pair, and/or that you do want to include channels defined by optode pairs that
are not nearest neighbors. In the former situation, all that is needed is to modify Step 1: instead of
connecting all possible nearest-neighbor pairs with line segments, connect only the ones that you want
to include in your analysis. Then proceed with the remaining steps as written.
The latter situation may require a more careful approach. Suppose, for example, that we decide to add
some longer-distance channels to the array we have been considering, as shown in the following figure:
Figure 106: considering non-nearest neighbor channels.
D3 S1 D8
S3 D4 D9 S6
S4 D1 S7D6 D11
D5 D10
D7 S2 D12
S5 S8
D2
D3 S1 D8
S3 D4 D9 S6
S4 D1 S7D6 D11
D5 D10
D7 S2 D12
S5 S8
D2
D3 S1 D8
S3 D4 D9 S6
S4 D1 S7D6 D11
D5 D10
D7 S2 D12
S5 S8
D2
D3 S1 D8
S3 D4 D9 S6
S4 D1 S7D6 D11
D5 D10
D7 S2 D12
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NIRx NIRScout Specifications

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Brand	NIRx
Model	NIRScout
Category	Laboratory Equipment
Language	English