TY - GEN
T1 - Sensor system for non-invasive optical hemoglobin determination
AU - Timm, U.
AU - McGrath, D.
AU - Lewis, E.
AU - Kraitl, J.
AU - Ewald, H.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Hemoglobin (Hb) concentration in human blood is an important parameter to evaluate the physiological condition. A hemoglobin test reveals how much hemoglobin can 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 imminent 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 a real-time patient monitoring in critical situations. A non-invasive method allows pain free online patient monitoring with minimum risk of infection and facilitates real time data monitoring allowing 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 can 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 imminent 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 a real-time patient monitoring in critical situations. A non-invasive method allows pain free online patient monitoring with minimum risk of infection and facilitates real time data monitoring allowing immediate clinical reaction to the measured data.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398321
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398321
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951106566
SN - 9781424445486
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 1975
EP - 1978
BT - IEEE Sensors 2009 Conference - SENSORS 2009
T2 - IEEE Sensors 2009 Conference - SENSORS 2009
Y2 - 25 October 2009 through 28 October 2009
ER -