Fiber optic sensor for the assessment of breathing effort

Anatoly Babchenko; Sergei Turinvenko; Boris Khanokh; Meir Nitzan

doi:10.1117/12.229192

3 January 1995 Fiber optic sensor for the assessment of breathing effort

Anatoly Babchenko, Sergei Turinvenko, Boris Khanokh, Meir Nitzan

Proceedings Volume 2631, Medical and Fiber Optic Sensors and Delivery Systems; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229192
Event: BiOS Europe '95, 1995, Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

Several methods have been developed for the qualitative and quantitative measurement of breathing effort. The most useful kind of breathing pattern monitor includes devices for recording chest and abdomen dimension changes, such as impedance plethysmography and respiratory induction plethysmography. These devices can measure the tidal volume in relative terms, and even measure it in absolute terms after suitable calibration. In this study a novel method for measuring chest circumference based on an optical fiber is presented. The sensor is based on the measurement of light transmitted through a bent optical fiber, which is connected to an elastic band, wrapped around the chest, and whose radius of curvature changes due to the respiratory act. The amount of transmitted light is related to the radius of curvature of the fiber which depends on the chest circumference. The output of the respiratory sensor was checked qualitatively by changing the respiration rate and depth. The changes in breathing effort were clearly demonstrated in the sensor output recording. The respiratory effort was also correlated with the heart rate, measured by photoplethysmography. Statistically significant correlation was found between the lungs' volume and the heart rate, but the correlation coefficient was not high.

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Anatoly Babchenko, Sergei Turinvenko, Boris Khanokh, and Meir Nitzan "Fiber optic sensor for the assessment of breathing effort", Proc. SPIE 2631, Medical and Fiber Optic Sensors and Delivery Systems, (3 January 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.229192

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