Figure 2.
The mean coherence between intracranial pressure (ICP)/total hemoglobin index (THI) and transcranial Doppler (TCD)/regional cerebral tissue hemoglobin oxygen saturation (rSo2), a measure of similarity of the oscillations between these modalities. Therefore, this relationship forms the foundations for applying a pressure reactivity index (PRx) style analysis using near-infrared spectroscopy. A particular spectral feature is seen in each of the comparisons with increased coherence <0.1 Hz. However, the mean coherence is not strong. The significance threshold has been calculated from Monte Carlo modeling, shown as a dashed line. Below a frequency of 0.008 Hz, coherence in both comparisons is nonsignificant. The frequency across the x-axis is nonlinear because it reflects the nonlinear frequency scales of wavelets.
