Multimodal integration of fNIRS, fMRI and EEG neuroimaging

摘要

Investigating human brain function can be improved by employing a multimodal neuroimaging approach. The integration of different non-invasive electrophysiological (e.g., electroenceph-alography-EEG and magnetoencephalography) and haemodynamic (e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging-fMRI and functional near-infrared spectroscopy-fNIRS) neuroimaging modalities simultaneously measuring functional brain activation during motor and cognitive tasks compliments each other's limitations (Shibasaki, 2008). Both EEG and MEG measure functional brain activity directly by detecting the variations in electrical and magnetic fields, respectively, produced by neuronal activity across the scalp.