NERVE BLOOD FLOW MODULATION FOR IMAGING NERVES

摘要

A method of visualizing nerves by observing the hemodynamic response of the blood flow comprising: acquiring a pre-stimulus image of a target tissue; providing a stimulus to the target tissue; introducing a time delay between the stimulus and a post-stimulus image; capturing the post-stimulus image of the target tissue; and producing a processed image based on a comparison between the pre-stimulus image and the post-stimulus image. Also described is a system for evaluating the hemodynamic response of blood flow comprising producing a processed image based on a comparison between the pre-stimulus image and the post-stimulus image.