Haemoglobin oxygen saturation as a biomarker: The problem and a solution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1955, 2011, Pages 4407-4424

  Boas, David A ^a   Franceschini, Maria Angela ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Breast; Haemoglobin oxygen saturation; Muscle; Near infrared spectroscopy; Oxygen metabolism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; INFRARED DEVICES; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEXTILES; TISSUE;

BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; HAEMOGLOBINS; OXYGEN DELIVERY; OXYGEN SATURATION; TISSUE DAMAGE; TISSUE INJURY;

OXYGEN;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLES; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 82255167209     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0250     Document Type: Review

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