Predicting the onset of intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants by using functional optical imaging

Author

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

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

264

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) 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 imaging is presented

Keywords

biomedical imaging; blood; brain; infrared imaging; paediatrics; patient monitoring; O₂; brain injury risk; care period; cerebral oxygen saturation information; functional optical imaging; intraventricular hemorrhage onset prediction; monitoring technology; neonate brain; predictive quantitative parameters; premature babies; premature infants; Biomedical monitoring; Blood flow; Blood pressure; Brain injuries; Condition monitoring; Hemorrhaging; Infrared detectors; Optical imaging; Pediatrics; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 28th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7419-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2002.999566

Filename

999566