Rickson Mesquita
rcmesquita.bsky.social
Rickson Mesquita
@rcmesquita.bsky.social
Associate Professor of medical imaging, @unibirmingham.bsky.social, 🇬🇧.
Working on optical neuroimaging and STEM education. Passionate about #science, #teaching, #complex_systems, #brain, #modelling, #finance, #fnirs
Grateful for all discussions with Robert Luke, @mayucel.bsky.social, and @avonluh.bsky.social over the past years to make this idea a research project.

Big thanks to all coauthors who dedicated their time and volunteered to make this project a reality!

#fNIRS #Neuroimaging #OpenScience #SfNIRS
August 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A brief summary:

38 fNIRS teams analyzed the same data.
➡️ No 2 pipelines alike
➡️ Despite diversity, teams showed high agreement at the group level --> fNIRS is reliable
➡️ GLM, short-channel regression = more reproducible outcomes
➡️ Reproducibility also linked to fNIRS experience + SNR
August 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM