Assessment of cerebral autoregulation in extremely low gestational age newborns using diffuse correlation spectroscopy

John Sunwoo*, Vidhya Nair, Tina Steele, Natascha Lawrence, Alexander Zavriyev, Adriano Peruch, Zachary Starkweather, Kuan Cheng Wu, Felipe Orihuela-Espina, Terrie Inder, Maria Angela Franceschini, Mohamed El-Dib

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We use diffuse correlation spectroscopy to safely quantify cerebral blood flow response to spontaneous fluctuations in autonomic and respiratory activities to help characterize the elevated risk of intraventricular hemorrhage in extremely premature newborns.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationClinical and Translational Biophotonics, Translational 2020
PublisherOSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781557528209
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventClinical and Translational Biophotonics, Translational 2020 - Washington, United States
Duration: 20 Apr 202023 Apr 2020

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
VolumePart F178-Translational-2020

Conference

ConferenceClinical and Translational Biophotonics, Translational 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
City Washington
Period20/04/2023/04/20

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is supported by NIH 1R01HD095576-01A1. MAF has a financial interest in 149 Medical, Inc., a company developing DCS technology for assessing and monitoring cerebral blood flow in newborn infants, and in Dynometrics, Inc., a company that makes devices that use NIRS technology for athletes to evaluate muscle performance. MAF’s interests were reviewed and are managed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in accordance with their conflict of interest policies.

Publisher Copyright:
© OSA 2020 © 2020 The Author(s)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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