Electrical bioimpedance enabling prompt intervention in traumatic brain injury

Fernando Seoane; S. Reza Atefi

doi:10.1117/12.2263672

18 May 2017 Electrical bioimpedance enabling prompt intervention in traumatic brain injury

Fernando Seoane, S. Reza Atefi

Proceedings Volume 10194, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX; 101940R (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263672
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Electrical Bioimpedance (EBI) is a well spread technology used in clinical practice across the world. Advancements in Textile material technology with conductive textile fabrics and textile-electronics integration have allowed exploring potential applications for Wearable Measurement Sensors and Systems exploiting. The sensing principle of electrical bioimpedance is based on the intrinsic passive dielectric properties of biological tissue. Using a pair of electrodes, tissue is electrically stimulated and the electrical response can be sensed with another pair of surface electrodes. EBI spectroscopy application for cerebral monitoring of neurological conditions such as stroke and perinatal asphyxia in newborns have been justified using animal studies and computational simulations. Such studies have shown proof of principle that neurological pathologies indeed modify the dielectric composition of the brain that is detectable via EBI. Similar to stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) also affects the dielectric properties of brain tissue that can be detected via EBI measurements. Considering the portable and noninvasive characteristics of EBI it is potentially useful for prehospital triage of TBI patients where. In the battlefield blast induced Traumatic Brain Injuries are very common. Brain damage must be assessed promptly to have a chance to prevent severe damage or eventually death. The relatively low-complexity of the sensing hardware required for EBI sensing and the already proven compatibility with textile electrodes suggest the EBI technology is indeed a candidate for developing a handheld device equipped with a sensorized textile cap to produce an examination in minutes for enabling medically-guided prompt intervention.

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Fernando Seoane and S. Reza Atefi "Electrical bioimpedance enabling prompt intervention in traumatic brain injury", Proc. SPIE 10194, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications IX, 101940R (18 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263672

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Traumatic brain injury

Brain

Dielectrics

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