Open AccessThe Performance of Six Pulse Oximeters in the Environment of Neuronavigation
Author(s) -
Alexander Mathes,
Sascha Kreuer,
Sven Schneider,
Stephan Ziegeler,
U. Grundmann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31817e6778
Subject(s) - medicine , pulse oximetry , pulse (music) , aluminum foil , electromagnetic shielding , biomedical engineering , saturation (graph theory) , signal (programming language) , image quality , anesthesia , optics , materials science , artificial intelligence , physics , mathematics , layer (electronics) , combinatorics , detector , computer science , composite material , programming language , image (mathematics)
Although the use of pulse oximeters may be regarded a standard of care for monitoring anesthesia procedures, these monitors may be susceptible to various kinds of disturbances. Recently, it was suggested that neuronavigation equipment may interfere with pulse oximeter accuracy. In this study, we evaluated the effect of a neurosurgical image guidance system on the performance of six different pulse oximeters. Two simple shielding methods were evaluated.