Fig. 3.
(a)–(d) 3D coronal views of the anatomical head model including the extra-cerebral vasculature (in black) and the region of activation A (in gold) superimposed with optical arrays 1, 2, 3 and V, respectively. Sources and detectors are represented by red and blue dots, respectively. (e)–(f) Corresponding recovered changes in oxyhemoglobin concentration ΔCHbO for source-detector distances of 30 and 45 mm, respectively. Four values are represented and correspond to: (blue) true change (9µMol/ℓ) simulated in the region of activation, (cyan: Sinus-PPL) change recovered using the anatomical model including the extra-cerebral vasculature and the partial pathlength, (yellow and dark red) changes recovered using the head model with no vasculature and the partial pathlength (NoSinus-PPL), and the total differential pathlength (NoSinus-DPL).