Title: THREE DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL IMAGING OF BLOOD VOLUME AND OXYGENATION IN THE NEONATAL BRAIN
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چکیده
Optical methods provide a means of monitoring cerebral oxygenation in newborn infants at risk of brain injury. A 32 channel optical imaging system has been developed with the aim of reconstructing three dimensional images of regional blood volume and oxygenation. Full image data sets were acquired from 14 out of 24 infants studied; successful images have been reconstructed in 8 of these infants. Regional variations in cerebral blood volume and tissue oxygen saturation are present in healthy preterm infants. In an infant with a large unilateral intraventricular haemorrhage a corresponding region of low oxygen saturation was detected. These results suggest that optical tomography may provide an appropriate technique for investigating regional cerebral haemodynamics and oxygenation at the cotside.
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Three dimensional optical imaging of blood volume and oxygenation in the neonatal brain.
Optical methods provide a means of monitoring cerebral oxygenation in newborn infants at risk of brain injury. A 32-channel optical imaging system has been developed with the aim of reconstructing three-dimensional images of regional blood volume and oxygenation. Full image data sets were acquired from 14 out of 24 infants studied; successful images have been reconstructed in 8 of these infants...
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