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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Medical Diagnostics
  • Optical Physics

Background:

  • Blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) and tissue oxygenation (StO2) are vital clinical measurements.
  • Arterial blood gas analysis is the gold standard for SpO2 but is invasive and resource-intensive.
  • Current noninvasive methods for SpO2 and StO2 lack universal acceptance and have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current and emerging technologies for noninvasive SpO2 and StO2 measurement.
  • To identify limitations of existing methods and potential areas for technological advancement.
  • To highlight the promise of optics-based technologies for oxygen monitoring.

Main Methods:

  • Review of currently marketed oximeters utilizing red/infrared light spectra.
  • Exploration of alternative optical approaches including white light, AI, and camera-based image analysis.
  • Examination of chemical, optical, and nuclear-magnetic principles for StO2 measurement.
  • Assessment of emerging green light technologies for oxygen monitoring.

Main Results:

  • Optics-based technologies are most promising for noninvasive SpO2 and StO2.
  • Existing methods primarily use red/infrared light, with emerging use of white and green light.
  • StO2 measurement techniques are often confined to specific clinical applications.
  • Melanin in skin tone interferes with optical measurements of oxygen saturation.

Conclusions:

  • Optics-based methods, including red-infrared and blue-green light, are the most viable for noninvasive oxygen monitoring.
  • A significant limitation is the confounding effect of skin melanin on light absorption.
  • Enhancing accuracy requires incorporating correction factors for melanin absorption in optical measurements.