Tuesday Jul 09, 2024
INVOS™ technology overview pt 6: What are the principles of NIRS oximetry?
Ronald Bronicki, Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Critical Care Medicine & Cardiology at Texas Children’s Hospital, teaches us how NIRS uses near infrared light to monitor the percentage of oxygenated hemoglobin in the tissue 2-3 cm beneath the oximeter sensor.