Development of near infra-red spectroscopy for monitoring cerebral regional blood oxygenation and volume in the human newborn

Author

Lehr, H.-P. ; Wickramasinghe, Y ; Rolfe, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng. & Med. Phys., Keele Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

59

Abstract

Neuro-developmental abnormalities often occur in the human newborn. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a technique to investigate the brain disease occurring together with these neuro-abnormalities, NIRS is based on the specific absorption properties of haemoglobin and oxyhaemoglobin in the near infrared region. Local variations in cerebral blood volume (CBV) and blood oxygenation is important for a better understanding of these abnormalities

Keywords

blood; brain; infrared spectroscopy; laser applications in medicine; oxygen; spectrochemical analysis; volume measurement; O₂; brain disease; brain volume; cerebral regional blood oxygenation monitoring; haemoglobin; human newborn; local variations; medical monitoring technique; neuroabnormalities; oxyhaemoglobin; specific absorption properties; Biomedical monitoring; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society; Infrared spectra; Infrared surveillance; Instruments; Lesions; Pediatrics; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.656845

Filename

656845