title: On laparoscopic photoplethysmography and pulse oximetry.
abstract: Here we comment on the paper entitled "A novel laparoscopic pulse oximeter device. An easy, efficient and cost-effective way of detecting arterial structures." authored by Theodosopoulos et al., and recently published in the April issue of the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microelectrónica de Madrid, CNM, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. sonnia@imm.cnm.csic.es
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: López-Silva
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dotor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giannetti
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010092:Oximetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017156:Photoplethysmography / Q000295:instrumentation*