title: Rapid prototyping of pulse oximeter.
abstract: Measurement of oxygen saturation levels in blood is a vital activity during most medical treatments. A pulse oximeter is a device most commonly used to perform this measurement. It provides convenient, non-invasive and continuous monitoring of oxygen levels in a human body. However, it is often a tedious task to select the appropriate hardware and software components to manufacture a pulse oximeter that gives accurate results. This paper describes a student project, which had the goals to expose the student to this important technique of applying rapid prototyping methods to the design of a state of the art pulse oximeter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jalan
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Bracio
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Rider
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toniolo
mesh_terms: D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D008838:Microcomputers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010092:Oximetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen