Medical & biological engineering & computing
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Med Biol Eng Comput · Sep 1991
Evaluation of a new reflectance pulse oximeter for clinical applications.
The design of a noninvasive reflectance pulse oximeter that uses the same principle of transmittance pulse oximeter and analyses the oxygen saturation of arterial blood was described. Four sets of red and infra-red LEDs were used as light sources. ⋯ From 22 samples, a good correlation coefficient (0.98) with a standard deviation of 1.42 was obtained in the range between 73 and 100 per cent between the arterial oxygen saturation measured with the present instrument and that with the Co-Oximeter. The result strongly suggests the usefulness of this oximeter in monitoring patients with hypoxaemia.