Evaluation of a pulse oximeter sensor tester

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 163-170

  Dugani, Shuba ^a   Hodzovic, Iljaz ^a   Sindhakar, Seema ^b   Nadra, Aida ^b   Dunstan, Clare ^c   Wilkes, Anthony Richard ^a   Mecklenburgh, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; Measurement techniques; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT; FINGER PROBES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MICRO-SPECTROMETER; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE OXIMETER SENSORS; PULSE OXIMETERS; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPONSE RATE; TESTING PROCEDURE;

ABILITY TESTING; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PROBES; RATING; SURVEYS;

OXIMETERS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETER; SENSOR; SPECTROMETER;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WALES;

EID: 83155175415     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: 15732614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-011-9283-3     Document Type: Article

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