Abstract:
A method and apparatus for spectrophotometrically determining internal physiological parameters such as blood constituents, wherein a source (132) of selected electromagnetic wavelenghts is disposed at a first location and at least two detectors (128, 130) are located at particular different distances from the source, selected such that both detectors receive energy that has traversed not only perimetral layers (114, 142, 214, 242, 314, 342) such as bone, tissue, etc. but also internal tissue (140, 240, 340) disposed beyond such perimetral layers, and one such detector (130) receives energy which has traversed only a small amount of the selected internal tissue while the other (128) receives energy which has traversed substantially more of such tissue, whereby comparative analysis of the data from the two detectors provides information which consistently characterizes only the selected internal tissue. In cerebral oximetry, where the detector and receivers are applied to the forehead, the particular distances from the source to the two detectors are about 30 and 40 mm., respectively.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for spectrophotometrically determining internal physiological parameters such as blood constituents, wherein a source (132) of selected electromagnetic wavelenghts is disposed at a first location and at least two detectors (128, 130) are located at particular different distances from the source, selected such that both detectors receive energy that has traversed not only perimetral layers (114, 142, 214, 242, 314, 342) such as bone, tissue, etc. but also internal tissue (140, 240, 340) disposed beyond such perimetral layers, and one such detector (130) receives energy which has traversed only a small amount of the selected internal tissue while the other (128) receives energy which has traversed substantially more of such tissue, whereby comparative analysis of the data from the two detectors provides information which consistently characterizes only the selected internal tissue. In cerebral oximetry, where the detector and receivers are applied to the forehead, the particular distances from the source to the two detectors are about 30 and 40 mm., respectively.