Simulation and Modelling of near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) as Brain Monitor

Mohamed Shaaban Ali

Anesthesia, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/sar.2014.22002                

Abstract

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a method for non-invasive monitoring of cerebral oxygenation and haemodynamics. Different devices provide information on changes of oxygenated (HbO2) and deoxygenated haemoglobin (HHb), oxidized cytochrome aa3 (CytOx) or regional oxygen saturation (rSO2). NIRS has been used during adult and paediatric cardiac surgery.

Keywords

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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