Title: A review on applications of near infrared spectroscopy technique for neonatal monitors

Authors: Pooja Gohel; Vijay Dave

Addresses: Biomedical Engineering Department, L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 380015, India; Gujarat Technological University, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 382424, India ' Biomedical Engineering Department, Government Engineering College, Sector-28 Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382028, India; Gujarat Technological University, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat – 382424, India

Abstract: In the current scenario, avoiding infant mortality, especially preterm infants with unknown causes, is a big challenge for neonatal hospital personnel. In spite of observation with currently available monitoring devices, there have been remarkable infant deaths at the hospital site. So, the need for a device arises that monitors major vital parameters reflecting assessment of important organs such as the brain and heart on a continuous basis. Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a recent technique that measures vitals such as regional cerebral oxygenation (rScO₂), tissue perfusion, and the demand-supply of blood at specific organs in a continuous, non-invasive, real-time quantitative manner. Many articles have been published showing wide applications of the NIRS technique to compare the recorded rScO₂ signal under various disease conditions. This paper gives review of NIRS based measurement of vitals for infants, its applications and effectiveness.

Keywords: near infrared spectroscopy; NIRS; preterm infant; tissue perfusion; neonatal monitors; regional cerebral oxygenation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2024.139885

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2024 Vol.16 No.4, pp.394 - 400

Received: 02 Dec 2021
Accepted: 03 Apr 2022
Published online: 09 Jul 2024 *

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