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An optical fiber photoplethysmographic system for central nervous system tissue

Phillips, J. P., Kyriacou, P. A., George, K. , Priestley, J. V. & Langford, R. M. (2006). An optical fiber photoplethysmographic system for central nervous system tissue. In: Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. 28th Annual Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 31 Aug - 3 Sep 2006, New York, USA.

Abstract

A new system for measuring the oxygen saturation of blood within tissue has been developed, for a number of potential patient monitoring applications. This proof of concept project aims to address the unmet need of real-time measurement of oxygen saturation in the central nervous system (CNS) for patients recovering from neurosurgery or trauma, by developing a fiber optic signal acquisition system for internal placement through small apertures. The development and testing of a two-wavelength optical fiber reflectance photoplethysmography (PPG) system is described. It was found that good quality red and near-infrared PPG signals could be consistently obtained from the human fingertip (n=6) and rat spinal cord (n=6) using the fiber optic probe. These findings justify further development and clinical evaluation of this fiber optic system.

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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