Photon density wave pulse oximetry and pulse hemometry
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1. A monitoring system, comprising:
- an emitter configured to emit light into tissue;
a modulator configured to modulate the light to at least one modulation frequency selected based on at least one blood parameter of the tissue being monitored to generate photon density waves in the tissue;
a detector configured to detect characteristics of the photon density waves comprising phase shifts;
a processor configured to determine a value of the at least one blood parameter of the tissue based on at least the phase shifts, and to calculate an estimated number of scattering particles in the tissue based on detected phase shifts.
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Abstract
Present embodiments are directed to a system and method capable of modulating light to at least one modulation frequency selected based on at least one blood parameter of a medium being monitored to generate photon density waves in a medium, detecting relative amplitude changes and phase shifts in the photon density waves, and determining at least one blood parameter related to scattering particles in the medium based on the phase shifts.
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1. A monitoring system, comprising:
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an emitter configured to emit light into tissue; a modulator configured to modulate the light to at least one modulation frequency selected based on at least one blood parameter of the tissue being monitored to generate photon density waves in the tissue; a detector configured to detect characteristics of the photon density waves comprising phase shifts; a processor configured to determine a value of the at least one blood parameter of the tissue based on at least the phase shifts, and to calculate an estimated number of scattering particles in the tissue based on detected phase shifts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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modulating light to at least one modulation frequency selected based on at least one blood parameter of a medium being monitored to generate photon density waves in the medium; detecting phase shifts in the photon density waves; determining a value of the at least one blood parameter related to the scattering particles in the medium based on the phase shifts; and calculating an estimated number of scattering particles in the tissue based on detected phase shifts. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A monitoring system, comprising:
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an emitter configured to emit light from a plurality of light sources into a medium; a modulator configured to modulate the light from the plurality of light sources at different frequencies selected based on at least one blood parameter of the medium being monitored to generate photon density waves; a processing system configured to coordinate the modulation of the plurality of light sources to establish coordinated wave characteristics; and the processing system configured to determine a value for the at least one blood parameter of the medium based on at least detection of relative characteristics of the photon density waves after passing through the medium, and to calculate an estimated number of scattering particles in the tissue based on detected phase shifts. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having stored thereon program instructions to facilitate the monitoring of blood parameters, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least:
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control modulation of light to at least one modulation frequency selected based on at least one blood parameter of tissue to generate photon density waves in a medium; facilitate detection of phase shifts in the photon density waves; identify a value of the at least one blood parameter related to the scattering particles in the medium based on the phase shifts; and calculate an estimated number of scattering particles in the tissue based on detected phase shifts. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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