Maria Angela Franceschini
Professor of Radiology
Email: MFRANCESCHINI@mgh.harvard.edu
Recent Publications
- Sunwoo J, Cherkerzian S, Kim SH, Hannon K, Garvey A, Szakmar E, Munster C, El-Shibiny H, Christou H, Inder TE, Franceschini MA, El-Dib M. Assessment of parasympathetic tone during therapeutic hypothermia in infants with brain injury following neonatal encephalopathy. Pediatr Res. 2026 May 21.
- Cheng TY, Robinson MB, Renna M, Wu KC, Starkweather Z, Kierul OS, Kim BK, Howard AC, Boas DA, Carp SA, Cheng X, Franceschini MA. Comparative validation of speckle contrast optical spectroscopy against diffuse correlation spectroscopy for monitoring human cerebral blood flow. Neurophotonics. 2026 Apr. 13(2):025008
- Otic N, Robinson MB, Wu KC, Sunwoo J, Davis J, Kierul O, Herzberg E, Franceschini MA, Renna M. MW-FlexNIRS: wearable, low-cost, LED-based, multi-wavelength NIRS oximeter for cytochrome c oxidase recovery in neonates. Biomed Opt Express. 2026 Apr 01. 17(4):1649-1672
- Kim BK, Howard AC, Cheng TY, Anderson JE, Zimmermann BB, Hazen E, Carlton L, Robinson M, Renna M, Yucel MA, Carp SA, Franceschini MA, Boas DA, Cheng X. Mapping human cerebral blood flow with high-density, multi-channel speckle contrast optical spectroscopy. Commun Biol. 2025 Nov 11. 8(1):1553
- Peikon E, Corso JL, Otic N, Kierul O, Franceschini MA, Robinson M. Continuous Monitoring of Muscle Oxygenation in Endurance Athletes During Incremental Cycling: Experimental Validation of a Wearable Continuous-Wave NIRS Sensor Using Frequency-Domain Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Bioengineering (Basel). 2025 Oct 24. 12(11)