Paperdoi:10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079

Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration

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Authors: J. P. Phillips, M. Hickey, P. A. Kyriacou

2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

TL;DR

Novel sensors and instrumentation are currently being investigated with the intended application of determining the concentration of hemoglobin and other optically absorbing compounds in blood using non-invasive methods. In order to measure concentration, the mass or amount of a compound must be known in addition to the volume of liquid. In principle, it may be possible to estimate hemoglobin concentration from a change in optical absorbance occurring over the cardiac cycle divided by a corresponding change in measured blood volume during the cycle measured from peripheral tissue, e.g.

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Abstract

Novel sensors and instrumentation are currently being investigated with the intended application of determining the concentration of hemoglobin and other optically absorbing compounds in blood using non-invasive methods. In order to measure concentration, the mass or amount of a compound must be known in addition to the volume of liquid. In principle, it may be possible to estimate hemoglobin concentration from a change in optical absorbance occurring over the cardiac cycle divided by a corresponding change in measured blood volume during the cycle measured from peripheral tissue, e.g. the finger or ear. Electrical and optical sensors were evaluated in vitro using a tissue phantom and an absorbing liquid medium. The effect of changes in optical absorption and pulse pressure on the capacitance and optical absorbance were studied.

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Phillips, J. P., Hickey, M., & Kyriacou, P. A. (2011). Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration. 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079
Phillips, J. P., M. Hickey, and P. A. Kyriacou. 2011. "Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration." 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079.
Phillips, J. P., Hickey, M. and Kyriacou, P. A. (2011) 'Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration', 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079.
Phillips, J. P., et al. "Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration." 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079.
J. P. Phillips, M. Hickey, and P. A. Kyriacou, "Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration," 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2011, doi: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079.
@inproceedings{phillips2011electrooptical,
  title         = {{Electro-optical plethysmography for non-invasive estimation of hemoglobin concentration}},
  author        = {Phillips, J. P. and Hickey, M. and Kyriacou, P. A.},
  year          = {2011},
  booktitle     = {2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society},
  doi           = {10.1109/iembs.2011.6091079}
}

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