The use of near-infrared light for safe and effective visualization of subsurface blood vessels to facilitate blood withdrawal in children

Cuper, Natascha J.; Klaessens, John; Jaspers, Janneke E.; Roode, Rowland de; Noordmans, Herke Jan; Graaff, Jurgen C. de; Verdaasdonk, Rudolf M.

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.06.007

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“…For example, penetration depth values can range between 90 µm for blue light (= 400 nm) and 1.6 mm for NIR radiation ( = 1000 nm). As a consequence, veins may be visualized even if they are a few mm below the surface [12]. Image contrast is due to a combination of NIR scattering in the tissue and absorption by hemoglobin in the blood vessels.…”

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“…Image contrast is due to a combination of NIR scattering in the tissue and absorption by hemoglobin in the blood vessels. This phenomenon has been applied [12] to enhance localization of subsurface blood vessels needed for blood withdrawal from small children. The blood vessels were usually located at depths from 1 to several mm and the method worked successfully in hands or wrists and also at the inside of the elbow of children.…”

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The optics and physics of near infrared imaging

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“…The aortic pressure and common carotid artery diameter waveforms were determined and pressure area curves were described using dual exponential analytical model [3]. Vasculuminator, a device for obtaining access to blood vessels based on transillumination with near infrared light was developed [4]. It is pretty much effective for safe and effective visualisation of subsurface blood vessels to facilitate blood withdrawal in children.…”

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Determination of Pulse Rate and Blood Pressure Using Non-invasive In-vivo Spectroscopy

Hasan¹,

Kim²

2017

World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Science

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-Before the first symptoms, high blood pressure (HBP or hypertension) damages human body for years. Statistically half of the untreated hypertension results to fatal heart attack. For years, there have been different types of blood pressure measurement techniques proposed. Despite of not having pin-point accuracy, non-invasive blood pressure (BP) measurement is preferred to invasive measurement techniques due to the facts like avoid bleeding, infections and for simplicity as well. In this paper, a non-invasive in-vivo technique has been described to calculate pulse rate and systolic and diastolic pressure for human body. An image sensor with a novel single carrier modulation photo-detector (SMPD) has been used to capture vein or artery images. Through some video and image processing, pulse rate has been determined with significant accuracy. Some further numerical analysis have been done to calculate systolic and diastolic pressure.

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“…A more detailed laboratory-based assessment of the effectiveness of all three of these commercial devices for enhancing blood vessel visualization was recently explored by Cuper et al 8 for facilitating blood withdrawal in children. This study provided the first direct comparison between systems using transmission and reflection measurement geometries, as represented schematically in figures 1a and 1b.…”

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“…Thus transmission measurements have the advantage of greater sensitivity to the presence of a vessel, but the significant disadvantage that for large thicknesses of tissue (> few centimeters), the transmitted signal may not be measurable. The three commercial systems were compared quantitatively by Cuper et al 8 using measurements on both tissueequivalent phantoms and paediatric patients. The performance was found to be comparable for all three devices for a simulated vessel of 1 mm diameter at all depths.…”

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Measurement of contrast of phantom and in vivo subsurface blood vessels using two near-infrared imaging systems

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A quantitative comparison has been performed between two commercial near-infrared (NIR) vein-viewing systems which are designed to supplement the clinician's traditional skills in locating veins by means of visualization and palpation. The AccuVein AV300 and Novarix IV-eye real-time imaging systems employ very different imaging geometries; the former generates an image from reflected NIR light produced by a beam scanned across the surface, while the latter illuminates the viewed region at four points on the periphery and records the resulting distribution of diffusely transmitted light. The comparison involved measuring the contrast produced by absorbing rods (simulated blood vessels) in a cylindrical phantom with tissue-like optical properties, and the contrast of superficial blood vessels in the arms of healthy volunteers. The locations and sizes of the blood vessels were independently verified using a clinical ultrasound imaging system. The phantom measurements suggested that the AV300 displays the most superficial vessels with greater contrast, but the IV-eye is able to detect vessels when they are at a depth up to 2 mm greater than the limit observed for the AV300. The results for thirty healthy volunteers also indicated that the AV300 typically displays vessels with higher overall contrast, but the effectiveness of the IV-eye at visualizing deeper vessels was even more pronounced, with a maximum depth several millimeters greater than that achieved by the AV300, and more than ten times as many vessels observed at depths below 4 mm.

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The use of near-infrared light for safe and effective visualization of subsurface blood vessels to facilitate blood withdrawal in children

Cited by 67 publications

References 21 publications

The optics and physics of near infrared imaging

The optics and physics of near infrared imaging

Determination of Pulse Rate and Blood Pressure Using Non-invasive In-vivo Spectroscopy

Measurement of contrast of phantom and in vivo subsurface blood vessels using two near-infrared imaging systems

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