Title :
Bilateral near-infrared monitoring of the cerebral concentration and oxygenation of hemoglobin during unilateral electro-convulsive therapy
Author :
Fantini, Sergio ; Fabbri, Francesco ; Nadgir, Shalini ; Henry, Michael E. ; Renshaw, Perry F. ; Franceschini, Maria Angela
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Tufts Univ., Medford, MA, USA
Abstract :
We have measured the changes in the cerebral concentration and oxygen saturation of hemoglobin with near-infrared spectroscopy on the forehead of ten patients undergoing right unilateral electro-convulsive therapy (ECT).
Keywords :
biochemistry; biomedical measurement; blood; brain; chemical variables measurement; infrared spectroscopy; oxygen; patient treatment; proteins; psychology; spectrochemical analysis; O; bilateral near-infrared monitoring; cerebral concentration; hemoglobin oxygenation; near-infrared spectroscopy; oxygen saturation; patients; right unilateral electro-convulsive therapy; unilateral electro-convulsive therapy; Biomedical optical imaging; Electrical capacitance tomography; Forehead; Hospitals; Medical treatment; Monitoring; Optical recording; Optical saturation; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
