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Non-invasive gas monitoring in newborn infants using diode laser absorption spectroscopy: A case study

Lundin, Patrik LU ; Krite Svanberg, Emilie LU ; Cocola, Lorenzo LU ; Lewander, Märta LU ; Andersson-Engels, Stefan LU ; Jahr, John LU ; Fellman, Vineta LU orcid ; Svanberg, Katarina LU and Svanberg, Sune LU (2012) Conference on Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII - Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics/4th Meeting of the Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissues In SPIE Conference Proceedings 8229.
Abstract
Non-invasive diode laser spectroscopy was, for the first time, used to assess gas content in the intestines and the lungs of a new-born, 4 kg, baby. Two gases, water vapor and oxygen, were studied with two low-power tunable diode lasers, illuminating the surface skin tissue and detecting the diffusely emerging light a few centimeters away. The light, having penetrated into the tissue, had experienced absorption by gas located in the lungs and in the intestines. Very distinct water vapor signals were obtained from the intestines while imprint from oxygen was lacking, as expected. Detectable, but minor, signals of water vapor were also obtained from the lungs, illuminating the armpit area and detecting below the collar bone. Water vapor... (More)
Non-invasive diode laser spectroscopy was, for the first time, used to assess gas content in the intestines and the lungs of a new-born, 4 kg, baby. Two gases, water vapor and oxygen, were studied with two low-power tunable diode lasers, illuminating the surface skin tissue and detecting the diffusely emerging light a few centimeters away. The light, having penetrated into the tissue, had experienced absorption by gas located in the lungs and in the intestines. Very distinct water vapor signals were obtained from the intestines while imprint from oxygen was lacking, as expected. Detectable, but minor, signals of water vapor were also obtained from the lungs, illuminating the armpit area and detecting below the collar bone. Water vapor signals were seen but again oxygen signals were lacking, now due to the difficulties of penetration of the oxygen probing light into the lungs of this full-term baby. Ultra-sound images were obtained both from the lungs and from the stomach of the baby. Based on dimensions and our experimental findings, we conclude, that for early pre-term babies, also oxygen should be detectable in the lungs, in addition to intestine and lung detection of water vapor. The present paper focuses on the studies of the intestines while the lung studies will be covered in a forthcoming paper. (Less)
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surfactant, gastrointestinal tract, NEC, colic, lungs, oxygen, water vapor, spectroscopy, Diode laser
host publication
Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; and Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue IV
series title
SPIE Conference Proceedings
volume
8229
article number
822903
publisher
SPIE
conference name
Conference on Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII - Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics/4th Meeting of the Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissues
conference dates
2012-01-21 - 2012-01-26
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  • wos:000325299500003
  • wos:000301419300003
  • scopus:84858264239
ISSN
1996-756X
0277-786X
DOI
10.1117/12.907464
language
English
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  abstract     = {{Non-invasive diode laser spectroscopy was, for the first time, used to assess gas content in the intestines and the lungs of a new-born, 4 kg, baby. Two gases, water vapor and oxygen, were studied with two low-power tunable diode lasers, illuminating the surface skin tissue and detecting the diffusely emerging light a few centimeters away. The light, having penetrated into the tissue, had experienced absorption by gas located in the lungs and in the intestines. Very distinct water vapor signals were obtained from the intestines while imprint from oxygen was lacking, as expected. Detectable, but minor, signals of water vapor were also obtained from the lungs, illuminating the armpit area and detecting below the collar bone. Water vapor signals were seen but again oxygen signals were lacking, now due to the difficulties of penetration of the oxygen probing light into the lungs of this full-term baby. Ultra-sound images were obtained both from the lungs and from the stomach of the baby. Based on dimensions and our experimental findings, we conclude, that for early pre-term babies, also oxygen should be detectable in the lungs, in addition to intestine and lung detection of water vapor. The present paper focuses on the studies of the intestines while the lung studies will be covered in a forthcoming paper.}},
  author       = {{Lundin, Patrik and Krite Svanberg, Emilie and Cocola, Lorenzo and Lewander, Märta and Andersson-Engels, Stefan and Jahr, John and Fellman, Vineta and Svanberg, Katarina and Svanberg, Sune}},
  booktitle    = {{Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; and Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue IV}},
  issn         = {{1996-756X}},
  keywords     = {{surfactant; gastrointestinal tract; NEC; colic; lungs; oxygen; water vapor; spectroscopy; Diode laser}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  series       = {{SPIE Conference Proceedings}},
  title        = {{Non-invasive gas monitoring in newborn infants using diode laser absorption spectroscopy: A case study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.907464}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.907464}},
  volume       = {{8229}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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