Title :
Diffuse optical monitors for bed-side monitoring of cerebral hemodynamics at the neuro-intensive care unit
Author :
Durduran, Turgut
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radiol., Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
A hybrid diffuse optical monitor was developed for non-invasive, continuous monitoring of microvascular cerebral hemodynamics at the neuro-intensive unit. I present the fundamental physics, instrumentation and sample studies.
Keywords :
bio-optics; biological techniques; biomedical optical imaging; brain; haemodynamics; neurophysiology; bed-side monitoring; continuous monitoring; diffuse optical monitors; microvascular cerebral hemodynamics; neuro-intensive care unit; noninvasive monitoring; optical imaging; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood flow; Extraterrestrial measurements; Hemodynamics; Monitoring; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Spectroscopy; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343269
