TY - GEN
T1 - Non-invasive continuous online hemoglobin monitoring system
AU - Timm, U.
AU - Lewis, E.
AU - Leen, G.
AU - McGrath, D.
AU - Kraitl, J.
AU - Ewald, H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in human blood is an important parameter to evaluate the physiological condition. A hemoglobin test reveals how much hemoglobin is to be found in the blood. With this information anemia (a low hemoglobin level) and polycythemia vera (a high hemoglobin level) can be a diagnosed and monitored. It is also possible to observe postoperative bleedings and autologous retransfusions. Currently, invasive methods are used to measure the Hb concentration. For this purpose blood is taken and analyzed. The disadvantage of this method is the delay between the blood collection and its analysis, which does not allow real-time monitoring of patients in critical situations. The non-invasive method, discussed in this paper, allows pain free online monitoring of patients with minimum risk of infection. Real-time data monitoring facilitates immediate clinical reaction to the measured data.
AB - The Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in human blood is an important parameter to evaluate the physiological condition. A hemoglobin test reveals how much hemoglobin is to be found in the blood. With this information anemia (a low hemoglobin level) and polycythemia vera (a high hemoglobin level) can be a diagnosed and monitored. It is also possible to observe postoperative bleedings and autologous retransfusions. Currently, invasive methods are used to measure the Hb concentration. For this purpose blood is taken and analyzed. The disadvantage of this method is the delay between the blood collection and its analysis, which does not allow real-time monitoring of patients in critical situations. The non-invasive method, discussed in this paper, allows pain free online monitoring of patients with minimum risk of infection. Real-time data monitoring facilitates immediate clinical reaction to the measured data.
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U2 - 10.1109/SAS.2010.5439415
DO - 10.1109/SAS.2010.5439415
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77952386470
SN - 9781424449897
T3 - 2010 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2010 - Proceedings
SP - 131
EP - 134
BT - 2010 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2010 - Proceedings
T2 - 2010 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, SAS 2010
Y2 - 23 February 2010 through 25 February 2010
ER -