Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	112056
Country	China

Category	Medical Informatics
Manuscript Type	Minireviews
Article Title	Innovations and approaches in depression detection via functional near-infrared spectroscopy
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Wen-Tao Li, Yu-Mei Wan, Wei Miao, Rui Zhong, Qian Gao, Qing-Xiang Wang and Yun-Shao Zheng
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Shandong Provincial Medical and Health Science and Technology No. 202303090824 Science and Technology Development Plan of Jinan (Clinical Medicine Science and Technology Innovation Plan) No. 202225054 Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation No. ZR2022MF333 Shandong Provincial Medical and Health Science and Technology No. 202203090935
Corresponding Author	Qing-Xiang Wang, Shandong Mental Health Center, Shandong University, No. 49 Wenhua East Road, Jinan 250014, Shandong Province, China. wangqx@qlu.edu.cn
Key Words	Depression; Functional near-infrared spectroscopy; Machine learning; Cognitive tasks; Verbal fluency tasks
Core Tip	Functional near-infrared spectroscopy shows great potential in depression research: It captures prefrontal oxygenation deficits at rest and emotional/cognitive activation abnormalities during tasks, offering quantifiable biomarkers for diagnosis, differentiation, and severity assessment. Despite challenges like limited spatial resolution and unstandardized tasks, combining with advanced algorithms and large samples may enable its key role in early screening, mechanism analysis, and precise treatment, advancing objective, quantitative diagnosis.
Citation	Li WT, Wan YM, Miao W, Zhong R, Gao Q, Wang QX, Zheng YS. Innovations and approaches in depression detection via functional near-infrared spectroscopy. World J Psychiatry 2025; In press

Received	2025-07-17 02:38
Peer-Review Started	2025-07-17 02:39
First Decision by Editorial Office Director	2025-07-25 03:17
Return for Revision	2025-07-25 03:17
Revised	2025-08-27 20:46
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Second Decision by Editor	2025-12-09 02:44
Second Decision by Editor-in-Chief
Final Decision by Editorial Office Director	2025-12-10 03:15
Articles in Press	2025-12-10 03:15
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