In vitro performance of a perfusion and oxygenation optical sensor using a unique liver phantom

Tony J. Akl; Travis J. King; Ruiqi Long; M. Nance Ericson; Mark A. Wilson; Michael J. McShane; Gerard L. Coté

doi:10.1117/12.908645

2 February 2012 In vitro performance of a perfusion and oxygenation optical sensor using a unique liver phantom

Tony J. Akl, Travis J. King, Ruiqi Long, M. Nance Ericson, Mark A. Wilson, Michael J. McShane, Gerard L. Coté

Proceedings Volume 8229, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; and Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue IV; 822904 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908645
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Between the years 1999 and 2008, on average 2,052 people died per year on the waiting list for liver transplants. Monitoring perfusion and oxygenation in transplanted organs in the 7 to 14 days period post-transplant can enhance graft and patient survival rates, and resultantly increase the availability of organs. In this work, we present in vitro results using a unique liver phantom that support the ability of our sensor to detect perfusion changes in the portal vein at low levels (50 mL/min . 4.5% of normal level). Our sensor measures diffuse reflection from three wavelengths (735, 805 and 940 nm) around the hemoglobin isobestic point (805 nm) to determine perfusion and oxygenation separately. To assess the sensitivity of our sensor to flow changes in the low range, we used two peristaltic pumps to pump a dye solution mimicking the optical properties of oxygenated blood, at various rates, through a PDMS based phantom mimicking the optical properties of liver tissue. The collected pulsatile signal increased by 120% (2.2X) for every 100 mL/min flow rise for all three wavelengths in the range 50 to 500 mL/min. In addition, we used different dye mixtures to mimic oxygenation changes at constant perfusion/flow levels. The optical properties of the dye mixtures mimic oxygen saturations ranging between 0 and 100%. The sensor was shown to be sensitive to changes in oxygen saturations above 50%.

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Tony J. Akl, Travis J. King, Ruiqi Long, M. Nance Ericson, Mark A. Wilson, Michael J. McShane, and Gerard L. Coté "In vitro performance of a perfusion and oxygenation optical sensor using a unique liver phantom", Proc. SPIE 8229, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; and Design and Performance Validation of Phantoms Used in Conjunction with Optical Measurement of Tissue IV, 822904 (2 February 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908645

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