Publication Type : Journal Article
Publisher : Instrumentation and Measurement
Source : Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on, Volume 58, Number 5, p.1699-1705 (2009)
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Engineering
Department : Electronics and Communication
Year : 2009
Abstract : In present-day pulse oximeters, oxygen saturation in arterial blood (SpO2) is computed by utilizing an empirical relationship extracted from a calibration curve. The calibration curve is obtained by curve-fitting data acquired from volunteers. A novel method of computation of SpO2 that does not require the use of a calibration curve is presented in this paper. Based on a model for the attenuation of light through skin, tissue, bone, and blood, suitable processing steps are identified so that the analytical expression derived for the estimation of SpO2 becomes free of not only patient but sensor-dependent parameters as well. The experimental results presented in this paper establish the efficacy of the proposed method.
Cite this Research Publication : arterial blood, bio-optics, biological tissues, Biomedical signal processing, Blood, Blood vessels, Bone, calibration curve, calibration-free method, curve-fitting data, light attenuation, O2, Oximetry, Oxygen, oxygen saturation, oxygen saturation measurement, photoplethysmograph, photoplethysmograph (PPG), plethysmography, pulse oximeter, sensor-dependent parameter, skin