title: Development of motion resistant instrumentation for ambulatory near-infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: Ambulatory near-infrared spectroscopy (aNIRS) enables recording of systemic or tissue-specific hemodynamics and oxygenation during a person's normal activities. It has particular potential for the diagnosis and management of health problems with unpredictable and transient hemodynamic symptoms, or medical conditions requiring continuous, long-duration monitoring. aNIRS is also needed in conditions where regular monitoring or imaging cannot be applied, including remote environments such as during spaceflight or at high altitude. One key to the successful application of aNIRS is reducing the impact of motion artifacts in aNIRS recordings. In this paper, we describe the development of a novel prototype aNIRS monitor, called NINscan, and our efforts to reduce motion artifacts in aNIRS monitoring. Powered by 2 AA size batteries and weighting 350 g, NINscan records NIRS, ECG, respiration, and acceleration for up to 14 h at a 250 Hz sampling rate. The system's performance and resistance to motion is demonstrated by long term quantitative phantom tests, Valsalva maneuver tests, and multiparameter monitoring during parabolic flight and high altitude hiking. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of multiparameter aNIRS monitoring and its application in parabolic flight.
authors: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Neural Systems Group, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. qzhang@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu
authors: Quan
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: Xiangguo
authors: X
authors: Yan
authors: Gary E
authors: GE
authors: Strangman
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D016477:Artifacts; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D018470:Gravity, Altered; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009051:Mountaineering; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D056152:Respiratory Rate; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013026:Space Flight; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014636:Valsalva Maneuver
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins