MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL-PATH LENGTH FOR CEREBRAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY IN NEWBORN-INFANTS

被引:152
作者
WYATT, JS [1 ]
COPE, M [1 ]
DELPY, DT [1 ]
VANDERZEE, P [1 ]
ARRIDGE, S [1 ]
EDWARDS, AD [1 ]
REYNOLDS, EOR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COLL & MIDDLESEX SCH MED,DEPT MED PHYS & BIOENGN,LONDON WC1E 6JJ,ENGLAND
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
Brain; Human newborn infant; Near-infrared spectroscopy; Optical path length;
D O I
10.1159/000111843
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The time taken for an extremely short pulse of near-infrared laser light to traverse the heades of 6 preterm infants was measured after death. The values obtained were used to calculate a differential path length factor (DPF), defined as the mean distance travelled by the photons divided by the distance between the points where light entered and left the. The DPF was found to be 4.39 ± 0.28. Knowledge of this factor will permit accurate quantitative measurements to be made by near-infrared spectroscopy of a range of indices of cerebral oxygenation and haemodynamics in live infants. © 1990 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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页码:140 / 144
页数:5
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