# Near-Infrared Neural Sensing
**Entity class:** Technology, method, or technical system
**Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
## Definition
**Near-Infrared Neural Sensing** is a technology, method, or technical system. [[wiki/Subsense BCI|Subsense BCI]] is associated with **Near-Infrared Neural Sensing**. Plasmonic neural readout. The entry centers on the technology's mechanism, implementation, applications, and technical lineage, keeping demonstrated capability separate from projected deployment. Dates, quantities, and named relationships retain their source-qualified status in the sections below.
## Relationships
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This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]], [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]], and [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.
### Additional Documented Relationships
- [[wiki/Subsense BCI|Subsense BCI]] is associated with **Near-Infrared Neural Sensing**. Plasmonic neural readout.
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## Research Edges
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#### Master relationship graph patch — 2026-09-10
**Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Neurotechnology Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
**Related source articles:** [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]]
#### Incoming typed edges
- **Edge 19 — [[wiki/Subsense BCI|Subsense]] `uses_readout_modality` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `SUB_TECH`. Plasmonic neural readout.
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