A novel method for predicting the onset of intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants by using near infrared spectroscopy

Author

Bozkurt, Y. Alper ; Rosen, Harel ; Rosen, Arye ; Pourrezaei, Kambiz ; Onaral, Banu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Biomed. Eng., Sci., & Health Syst., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

23-26 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

2291

Abstract

Premature babies are under high risk of brain injury during the care period in nursery. The most common observed injury is intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH). Existing monitoring technology is neither efficient nor sufficient for predicting IVH before it occurs. Near Infrared (NIR) light can be used for continuous monitoring of neonate brain in real time and providing predictive, quantitative parameters for early detection of IVH. A method to predict onset of IVH by using cerebral oxygen saturation information obtained via NIR spectroscopy is presented.

Keywords

biomedical measurement; blood; brain; infrared spectroscopy; paediatrics; patient monitoring; O₂; cerebral oxygen saturation information; intraventricular hemorrhage onset prediction; near infrared spectroscopy; neonate brain; nursery; predictive quantitative parameters; premature babies; real time continuous monitoring; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical monitoring; Blood flow; Brain injuries; Hemorrhaging; Infrared detectors; Infrared spectra; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatrics; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053287

Filename

1053287