Optical determination of in vivo properties

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2007-05-29

2007-05-29

Winakur, Eric (Department: 3768)

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Measuring or detecting nonradioactive constituent of body...

C600S310000

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11011714

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for determining an in vivo property of a tissue or blood is described. The in vivo property may be a hematocrit value, a hemoglobin concentration, or a combination thereof. The system can automatically determine a location of a subcutaneous blood vessel. Based on the automatically determined location, the system illuminates the blood vessel with a light beam and detects light resulting from the illumination. The system determines the in vivo property based on the detected light. Alternatively, or in combination, the system displays an image corresponding to a spatial relationship between a subcutaneous blood vessel and a light beam. Based on the image, an operator can adjust the light beam with respect to the blood vessel to have a selected spatial relationship. The system determines an in vivo property based on the illumination of the blood vessel when the light beam has the selected spatial relationship.

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