Introduction

Open Colloquium on Optical Topography and Its Applications (OT-Colloquium) 2020 is the 2nd edition event organised by Centre for Intelligent Signal and Imaging Research (CISIR), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP).

The colloquium serves as an academic gathering for intellectual discourse and networking by Optical Topography-Hub (OT-Hub) collaborators. The OT-Hub was established by CISIR UTP and Hitachi (Japan) on 13 February 2017. This OT-Hub is a platform for exploration in OT-related technology and collaborative research on applied brain science. This colloquium will pave the way for both UTP and Hitachi’s research capability and strength in applied brain science to support the rapid development in innovation and technology for the benefit of the society and nation.

We welcome biomedical researches, physicians, engineers, postgraduate students, industry researches, psychologist and neuroscientist to this platform where there will be high-quality content and supreme networking opportunities on optical topography research.

Objectives

Serve as a forum for networking towards impactful and interdisciplinary research collaboration using optical topography (OT) technology

To connect with professionals and other researchers for future collaboration

To expand knowledge and seek new information in solving research problems.

Dissemination of the work by OT-hub collaborators

Outreach efforts to serve the research and clinical community better

Who should come?

Academician

Physicians

Industry Researches

Psychologist

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FREE Entry! Limited seats available.

_{ABOUT Functional near-infrared (fNIRS)}

Functional Near-Infrared Spectrocopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive brain imaging technology based on hemodynamic responses to cortical activities. fNIRS measure the variation of oxygenated (HbO) and deoxygenated (HbR) hemoglobin in cerebral vessels based on their difference absorption spectra for light in near-infrared range. The changes of the blood flow are associated with the neuron firings. Hemoglobin as the oxygen carrier need to carry more oxygen to the activation area. So, the changes of HbO and HbR concerntration levels after a neural activation associated with neural firing.

Low Cost and Less Constraint

Allow measure the brain activation in natural and realistic environments and cost effective compare to fMRI.

Fast Setup

fNIRS optodes require no abrasive gel that may lead to skin irritations thus it shortens the preparation time compare to EEG.

High Temporal Resolution

fNIRS has much better temporal resolution.

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