Contents

#### **Preface XIII**



Contents VII

Chapter 16 **FT-IR Spectroscopy in Medicine 271** 

**Tissues Using IR Spectroscopy – Relevance in Biomedical Research 289** Ranjit Kumar Sahu and Shaul Mordechai

**Bone-Based Graft Materials Using FTIR Spectroscopy 315** 

M.M. Figueiredo, J.A.F. Gamelas and A.G. Martins

Chapter 20 **Biopolymer Modifications for Biomedical Applications 355**

Kazuki Yanagisawa, Hitoshi Tsunashima

**Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Rehabilitation 339**

M.S. Mohy Eldin, E.A. Soliman, A.I. Hashem and T.M. Tamer

Vasiliki Dritsa

Chapter 17 **Chemometrics of Cells and** 

Chapter 18 **Characterization of Bone and**

Chapter 19 **Brain-Computer Interface Using**

and Kaoru Sakatani

	- P. Papagelopoulos and T. Theophanides

Chapter 16 **FT-IR Spectroscopy in Medicine 271**  Vasiliki Dritsa

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Chapter 7 **Brain Activity and Movement Cognition –** 

Chapter 8 **Probing Brain Oxygenation Waveforms**

Chapter 9 **Comparison of Cortical Activation** 

**Section 2 Cereals, Fruits and Plants 165**

Chapter 11 **The Application of Near Infrared** 

Chapter 13 **The Application of** 

Chapter 12 **Vis/Near- and Mid- Infrared Spectroscopy** 

Haiqing Yang and Abdul M. Mouazen

**Near Infrared Spectroscopy for** 

Chapter 14 **Time-Resolved FTIR Difference Spectroscopy Reveals the Structure and Dynamics of Carotenoid and Chlorophyll Triplets in**

**Section 3 Biomedical Applications 257** 

Chapter 15 **The Role of β-Antagonists on the**

J. Anastassopoulou, P. Kolovou, P. Papagelopoulos and T. Theophanides

Alexander Gersten, Jacqueline Perle, Dov Heimer, Amir Raz and Robert Fried

**with Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) 111**

**During Real Walking and Mental Imagery of Walking – The Possibility of Quickening Walking Rehabilitation by Mental Imaginary of Walking 133** 

Chapter 10 **Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Assessment of Haemodynamic Activation in the Cerebral Cortex – A Review in Developmental Psychology and Child Psychiatry 151**

> Hitoshi Kaneko, Toru Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki Ito, Kenji Nomura, Takashi Okada and Shuji Honjo

**Spectroscopy in Wheat Quality Control 167** Milica Pojić, Jasna Mastilović and Nineta Majcen

**for Predicting Soil N and C at a Farm Scale 185**

**the Assessment of Avocado Quality Attributes 211** Brett B. Wedding, Carole Wright, Steve Grauf and Ron D. White

**Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes 231**

**Structure of Human Bone – A Spectroscopic Study 259** 

Alexandre Maxime and Rienk van Grondelle

Jiang Yinlai, Shuoyu Wang, Renpeng Tan, Kenji Ishida, Takeshi Ando and Masakatsu G. Fujie

Shu Morioka

**Vibratory Stimulation-Induced Illusions of Movements 103**


Preface

The three sections are:

haemodynamic activation.

photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes.

In this book one finds the applications of Infrared Spectroscopy to Life and Biomedical

**Brain Activity and Clinical Research** The 10 chapters that are included in this section skillfully describe the application of MIRS and NIRS to such new areas of research in medicine like management of patients in neonatal intensive care, effects of sleep dept on cognitive performance in humans, neurorehabilitation, brain activity, social relations, non invasive measurements, cortical activation, brain oxygenation and

The second section, **Cereals, Fruits and Plants** includes 4 chapters. In this section one can find applications of MIRS and NIRS in food industry and research, in quality control of wheat, in farms in order to predict the amounts of nitrogen and carbon at a farm scale, for assessing avocado quality control and in research to determine, for example the structure and dynamics of carotenoid and chlorophyll triplets in

Finally, the third and last section of this book, **Biomedical Applications** contains 6 chapters of MIRS and NIRS on medical applications, such as the role of β-antagonists on the structure of human bone, characterization of bone-based graft materials , brain computer interface in rehabilitation a review of FT-IR on medical applications, biomedical research in cells and biopolymer modifications for biomedical applications.

This book of Infrared Spectroscopy on Life and Biomedical Sciences is a state-of-the art

National Technical University of Athens, Chemical Engineering Department, Radiation Chemistry and Biospectroscopy, Zografou Campus, Zografou, Athens

**Theophile Theophanides** 

Greece

publication in research and technology of FT-IR as applied to medicine.

Sciences. It contains three sections and 20 chapters.
